ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,213, issued on July 29, was assigned to HeathCo LLC (Bowling Green, Ky.).

"Spherical motion sensor housing for outdoor security light" was invented by Miles William McDonald (Bowling Green, Ky.), Kushagra Dixit (Bowling Green, Ky.), Scott Blaise Tylicki (Bowling Green, Ky.), Apollo Paul Paredes (Livonia, Mich.), Lionel V. Luu (Bowling Green, Ky.) and John Colvin Deaton (Bowling Green, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure sets forth a motion sensing outdoor security light with the flexibility of being mounted to either a wall structure or to an eave or ceiling structure. An adjustable spherical motion sensor housi...