ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,195, issued on July 29, was assigned to MANEHU PRODUCT ALLIANCE LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Display mount assembly" was invented by Kurt William Massey (Mooresville, N.C.) and Brian Newville (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for wall mounting a display including a mount assembly and a swivel mechanism assembly. The mount assembly includes a television mounting portion and an extending/contracting portion and the swivel mechanism assembly moveable between a first and a second configuration and including a biasing component. The extending/contracting portion includes a lower arm, an upper arm, a front bracket, a wall moun...