ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,918, issued on July 14, was assigned to SOLITE INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Changhua City, Taiwan).

"Hidden elastic-loaded handle and luggage containing the same" was invented by Dao Wei Xu (Ruian City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hidden elastic-loaded handle comprises a handle base and a grip. The handle base includes a guiding portion along a pressing direction of the grip, which has a guiding surface and a limiting portion located on a path of the guiding surface. The grip includes a limiting member that moves along the path of the guiding surface and extends or retracts relative to the guiding surface. A first elastic membe...