ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,497, issued on May 13, was assigned to CKnapp Sales Inc. (Goodfield, Ill.).
"Adjustable armrest mouse pad" was invented by Micah Fehr (Danvers, Ill.), Nicholas Welander (East Peoria, Ill.) and Jakob Douglas (Washington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a mouse pad platform forming an upper mouse pad platform surface suitable for operating a computer mouse, an armrest platform forming an upper armrest platform surface suitable for supporting a forearm of a user while operating the computer mouse, an adjustment plate fixedly coupled to an underside of the mouse pad platform and an underside of the armrest platfo...