ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,217, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Self-deploying stand foot" was invented by Benjamin Carroll (London), John William Pennington Jr. (Palo Alto, Calif.), Marcus Hoggarth (London), Stephen Philip de Saulles (London) and Michael Brown (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a portable electronic device including a frame body supporting electronic components and a stand mechanism. The stand mechanism includes a foot, and an activator. The foot includes a foot support and a foot shaft including a foot guide path. The activator includes an engaging el...