ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,825, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Platen mountable on a printer" was invented by Yugo Fukui (Kariya, Japan) and Goro Okada (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platen is configured to define a contact surface which is a medium placement surface when being mounted on a printer. The platen includes: first and second members having first and second surfaces, respectively. The first member includes a plate having the first surface. A state of the platen is switchable between: a first state in which the contact surface is formed inside an outer edge of the plate by the first and second s...