ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,194, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording device" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan) and Hirokazu Anada (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a placement section configured to pivot about a first pivot shaft between a use state and a stored state, the placement section being configured to support a medium to be recorded on by a recording section; a housing that accommodates the recording section and in which is formed a sheet feeding port; a cover section configured to pivot about a second pivot shaft between a covering state that covers at leas...