ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,868, issued on March 17, was assigned to HANASIS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Printer detachable kiosk apparatus" was invented by Jin Seop Eum (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Moon Kyong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jung Yong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kiosk apparatus capable of mounting or detaching a printer is described. In an embodiment, the printer is fixed by coupling with a stand unit, so the printer can be easily and stably mounted on the kiosk apparatus by simply inserting the printer into the housing. In addition, the embodiment allows the printer to be easily attached and detached fro...