ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,693, issued on March 11, was assigned to Humanscale Corp. (New York).

"Rotating joint for crossbar leveling adjustment" was invented by Aaron Klein (Massapequa, N.Y.), Robert Principe (Newfoundland, N.J.), Ross Velazquez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Greg Allison (Allentown, Pa.) and David Wong (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitor mounting system which includes a crossbar having at least one monitor mounting bracket positioned thereon. A support arm is configured to adjust the vertical height of the crossbar and a pivot assembly is positioned between the support arm and the crossbar, with the pivot assembly configured to allow lim...