ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,194, issued on July 29, was assigned to Manehu Product Alliance LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Multidirectional display mount" was invented by Brian Newville (San Diego) and Lee Marc (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures is disclosed. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket couplable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. ...