ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,796, issued on May 13.
"Adjustable support" was invented by Andrew Thomas (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable support arm system (10) comprises an anchoring arrangement (14) for mounting the support arm system (10) to a structure, an arm (18) carried by the anchoring arrangement (14) and comprising a plurality of arm segments (36) articulatable between several arm positions, the arm (14) being configured to support a device (120), and an immobilising mechanism operable between a free configuration permitting movement of the arm (18) and a locked configuration in which the arm (18) is immobilised, w...