ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,826, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device" was invented by Toshimitsu Ohara (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes a cover portion configured to be switchable between a closed state, and an open state, and a pressing portion provided at the cover portion, and configured to press an original document placed at the original document platen when the cover portion is in the closed state, the pressing portion includes an elastic portion bonded to a bottom portion of the cover portion, a sheet material attached to the elastic portion, and coming into con...