ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,945, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bretford Manufacturing Inc. (Franklin Park, Ill.).

"Rugged indoor/outdoor television cart" was invented by Zachary Tencza (Franklin Park, Ill.), John Sadler (Des Plaines, Ill.), Daniel Berger (Madison, Ala.), Cory Doppelt (Palatine, Ill.) and Cary Maguire (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rugged indoor/outdoor television cart has four large castors supported on four legs that extend upward from the castors and radially inward toward a base. Two vertical uprights are connected to the base. A bracket mounting system connects a television to the vertical uprights and enables an angle of tele...