ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,629, issued on May 26, was assigned to Taiyi Food Machinery Co. Ltd. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Lid device of vertical cutter mixer" was invented by Ying-Hung Li (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid device of a vertical cutter mixer has a lid body, a support member and at least one linking member. The lid body has a holder. The support member is pivotably connected to a side stand. Each linking member is disposed between the lid body and the support member, is pivotably connected to the holder via a first pivot member, and is pivotably connected to the support member via a second pivot member. When the lid device...