ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,423, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Newtonoid Technologies LLC (Liberty, Mo.).
"Fixture" was invented by Fielding B. Staton (Liberty, Mo.) and David Strumpf (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture system includes a fixture having an input device, an output device, and a fixture computing system. The fixture computing system includes a database and programming for receiving information from the input device and accessing the database. The programming has instructions that, when activated by the processor, performs the following steps: (a) activate the output device to output a first signal; (b) receive information ...