ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,210, issued on May 5, was assigned to Tongqi Zhang (Tianjin, China).

"Food forming method and forming mechanism" was invented by Tongqi Zhang (Tianjin, China) and Baoqing Zhao (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a food forming mechanism comprising a supporting part for supporting a food blank on a forming station; two turning parts oppositely arranged and configured to fold two sides of the food blank respectively, at least one of the turning parts cooperating with the supporting part to form a clamping mechanism for clamping the food blank; a turning driving device for driving the turning part to turn; a rotati...