ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,496, issued on July 15, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).
"Timepiece display device on multiple levels" was invented by Marc Stranczl (Nyon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece display device including a first display element and a second display element superimposed above a fixed part including a main bearing surface, this second display element is subjected to opposing forces exerted, on the one hand by lower return means which tend to bring the second display element closer to the first display element, and, on the other hand, by upper return mechanism which tends to move the second d...