ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,626, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Hinge assembly and kitchen device" was invented by Jianbin Liu (Foshan, China), Yaodong Wang (Foshan, China), Baoping Zeng (Foshan, China), Huawei Tao (Foshan, China), Zhonghua Li (Foshan, China) and Xiang Li (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly includes a fixed leaf and a movable leaf. The fixed leaf includes a first pin shaft and a second pin shaft. The movable leaf has a first slide groove cooperating with the first pin shaft and a second slide groove cooperating with the second pin shaf...