ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,996, issued on May 27, was assigned to Manehu Product Alliance LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Television mounting systems" was invented by Kurt William Massey (Mooresville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket coupleable 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. The linkage assembly moves to anoth...