ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,759, issued on March 25, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Support device and foldable device having same" was invented by Chihung Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable device may include a foldable layer and a support device that is fixed to a foldable portion, or bendable section, of the foldable layer. The support device may include a plurality of links, or segments. Each of the plurality of links may be individually fixed to a surface of the foldable portion of the foldable layer. Each of the plurality of links may be movably coupled to an adjacent link of the plurality of links, su...