ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,153, issued on March 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Head-mounted display with adjustment mechanism" was invented by Killian J. Poore (Santa Clara, Calif.), Marinus Meursing (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jeffrey C. Olson (San Francisco), Fletcher R. Rothkopf (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jason C. Sauers (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted display configured to be worn by a user includes a housing and a headband configured to secure the housing to a head of the user. The headband includes a proximal end coupled to the housing and a distal end that is free from connection to the housing. The head-mou...