US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 15 for "Sheet feeding apparatus, image forming apparatus, and extension support unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,284, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Sheet feeding apparatus, image forming apparatus, and extension support unit" was invented by Shun Yamaguchi (Ibaraki, Japan) and Sho Ota (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet support unit, a feed unit, and an extension support unit. The inserted portion includes an opening portion that is larger than the insertion portion when viewed in the first direction and into which the insertion portion is inserted in the attached state, an engaged portion configured to engage and disengage with respect to the engagement portion in ...