ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,085, issued on March 25, was assigned to METEOR CITY LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Vertical stand" was invented by Brian Johnny Chen (Quincy, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a stand including a first side wall and a second side wall coupled to a hinged based. The hinged based is pivotally coupled together by at least one pin with a resilient member that biases the stand in an open position. The stand adjusts to a closed position when an electronic device is place between the sidewalls and on the hinged base urging the hinged based downward causing the side walls to rotate in toward the electronic device to hold the elect...