ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,193, issued on July 29, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Reconfigurable stand ecosystem" was invented by Brett W. Degner (Menlo Park, Calif.), Kevin M. Robinson (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Christoph M. Pistor (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Mehrdad Hooshmand (Cupertino, Calif.), Simon J. Trivett (Waterloo, Canada), Bradley J. Hamel (Portola Valley, Calif.), Kristopher P. Laurent (Portola Valley, Calif.), David H. Narajowski (San Jose, Calif.), Stephen V Jayanathan (Seattle) and Laura M. DeForest (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Support systems and stands for electronic devices include tilt hinges, lift arms, and their...