ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,122, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Magnetic Mechanisms LLC (Shoreview, Minn.).

"Detachable magnetic mounting systems, devices and methods" was invented by Jeffery M. Eliason (Shoreview, Minn.), Mitchell Porch (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Joseph Funk (St. Paul, Minn.), Braden J. Eliason (Minneapolis), Benjamin J. Larsen (St. Paul, Minn.), David A. Melander (Saint Louis Park, Minn.) and Rebecca E. Wereley (Richfield, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting device for attaching a device to an attachment object, including: a magnet portion on a magnet-retaining portion; a mount-attachment portion configured to attach to the attach...