ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,764, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Apex Brands Inc. (Apex, N.C.).
"Adjustable angle pocket level" was invented by Adam Baxter (Raleigh, N.C.), Sujith Sunny (Huntersville, N.C.), Bryan Washburn (Charlotte, N.C.) and Anthony Katsaros (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device may include a housing having a front wall and a rear wall operably coupled to each other via a base portion and defining a receiving space between the front wall and the rear wall, a rotatable vial holder disposed in the receiving space and being configured to hold a vial, and a locking assembly having a locked state in which the rotatabl...