ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,055, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nite Ize Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Systems and methods for an improved and compatible magnetic mount" was invented by Bowden Ormsbee (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mounting an electronic device includes a socket and a stand, the stand having a ball portion. The socket and the ball portion include first magnetic material to hold the socket and the ball portion together in a position selected by a user, the socket further including a magnetic array, the magnetic array having magnetism to hold an electronic device to the socket. In one alternative, the first magnetic ma...