ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,796, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Stands with gears" was invented by Chia-Hua Chu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of stands and display devices are described. In an example, a stand may be coupled to a pair of racks, a driving gear, and a pair of pinion gears. The pair of pinion gears may be operably coupled to the driving gear. Further, the pair of pinion gears may be meshed with the pair of racks. Upon actuation of the driving gear, the pair of pinion gears may be rotated relative to the pair of racks to cause movement of the gears along the pair of r...