ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,044, issued on May 20, was assigned to ALL PLASTIC INC. (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

"Display assemblies" was invented by William Thomas Smith (Fair Oaks, Calif.) and Cheryl Ann Smith (Fair Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminable display assembly including (a) a housing having a base securable to a support surface, a platform detachably mounted to the base, and a generally enclosed interior bounded from above by the platform. The platform includes a plurality of illuminable windows spaced apart from each other therealong. The display assembly further includes (b) a plurality of retractable tethers mounted to the platf...