ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,087, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CKnapp Sales Inc. (Goodfield, Ill.).

"Tilting and rotating ceiling display mount" was invented by Aaron Leman (Morton, Ill.), Nicholas Welander (East Peoria, Ill.), Brandon Meyer (Normal, Ill.) and Micah Fehr (Danvers, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling display mount includes a tilt mechanism configured to selectively position a secured display from a collapsed position generally parallel to a ceiling to a fully deployed position generally perpendicular to the ceiling. The ceiling display mount further includes a rotation mechanism allowing the secured display to rotate side to sid...