ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,356, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apex Brands Inc. (Apex, N.C.).
"Level with vial protection assembly" was invented by Adam Baxter (Raleigh, N.C.), Sujith Sunny (Kerala, India) and Bryan Washburn (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level device may include a housing, a vial, a retention well and a multidirectional vial protection assembly. The housing may have a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, a first end and a second end. The vial may include a generally cylindrical tube with a bulge formed at a middle portion thereof. The vial may contain a liquid therein and an air bubble formed in the liqui...