ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,551, issued on May 13, was assigned to ColDesi Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Ergonomic heat press" was invented by Mark Mombourquette (Treasure Island, Fla.) and Brett Weibel (Seminole, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat press for decorating substrates includes a support frame, a lower platen assembly supported on the support frame, and a linkage assembly having at least an upper link arm pivotally coupled with the support frame for movement to and between first and second positions. An upper platen assembly is coupled with the support frame by the linkage assembly for movement relative to the lower platen assembly to and between an o...