ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,204, issued on June 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Personal device holder" was invented by Robert Charles Shipley (Westland, Mich.), Steven Vega (Royal Oak, Mich.), Chris Fredriksson (LaSalle, Canada), Patrick Oliver Vanderpool (Southfield, Mich.), Cheryl Harris-Samborski (Saline, Mich.), Gary Vincent Morales (Northville, Mich.) and Rafael Rego (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device holder assembly that includes a body with a housing coupled to the body. A leg assembly is coupled to the housing. The leg assembly includes a first leg and a second leg that are movable betwee...