ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,078, issued on July 15, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Mounting apparatus for a holster" was invented by Michael Neau (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.), Ryan M Nilsen (Plantation, Fla.), Goktug Duman (Miami) and Mohd Hizami Abdul Hamid (Seberang Jaya, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mounting apparatus and a holster having a bracket with a D-stud with a radial pattern of detent pockets. The D-stud allows the bracket to rotate in a ratcheting manner in a first range of motion and freely rotate in a second range of motion. The free rotation of the second range of motion allows the D...