ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,444, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LoveFrom Inc. (San Francisco).
"Bistable pivot hinge" was invented by Patrick Kessler (San Francisco), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco) and Benoit Louzaouen (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein take the form of a bistable hinge. The bistable hinge typically includes an elastic element and a pair of rigid structures. Each rigid structure in the illustrated embodiment includes a pair of pivot cylinders connected to a rotating surface, as well as a detent formed on a portion of the rotating surface. The elastic element is retained by the detent, such that the ...