ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,277, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lowe's Cos. Inc. (Mooresville, N.C.).
"Electrically powered device kit including a ceiling mounting assembly" was invented by James Michael Broughman (Cornelius, N.C.), Dana Lynn Jodice (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jason Lu (Mongkok, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for mounting an electrically-powered device to a ceiling or other supporting structure. The electrically-powered device can be, for example, a ceiling fan, a ceiling fan with a lighting fixture, or a lighting fixture."
The patent was filed on May 10, 2023, under Applicatio...