ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,685, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Device stands" was invented by Tien Liang Chung (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a device stand may include a base having a plunger cavity extending into a device interface, a plunger having a sloped portion and movably disposed within the plunger cavity between a lock position and a release position, a slider having a slider ramp to engage with the sloped portion and disposed within a slide channel intersecting the plunger cavity, and a base magnet disposed on the plunger. The slider may be movable between a rest...