US Patent Issued to Zhejiang Novia Kitchenware on July 14 for "Foldable gripping structure for cooking utensils" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,995, issued on July 14, was assigned to Zhejiang Novia Kitchenware Co. Ltd. (Jinhua City, China).

"Foldable gripping structure for cooking utensils" was invented by Huacheng Hu (Jinhua City, China), Chengzhou Zhang (Jinhua City, China) and Jinzhi Ye (Jinhua City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable gripping structure for cooking utensils comprises a fixed component and a gripping component, where the gripping component is rotatably connected to the fixed component, and the gripping component rotates to a retracted position relative to the fixed component to achieve a folded state or rotates to a working position to achiev...