ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,934, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Supporting apparatus" was invented by Takashi Onda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a supporting apparatus which can make a sound when it is electrically connected to electronic equipment that is supported on the supporting apparatus. The supporting apparatus (1) that has a terminal (41) includes a first movable member (60) that moves downwardly when receiving a load of the electronic equipment, a restriction portion (53a), a second movable member (70) that is movable relative to the restriction portion (53a) in a direction intersect...