ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,712, issued on June 24, was assigned to TECH FRIENDS INC. (Jonesboro, Ark.).

"Storage and charging system for locking and dispensing tablets" was invented by Bobby L. Shipman Jr. (Jonesboro, Ark.), Laura L Shipman (Jonesboro, Ark.), Bryan D. Taylor (Bono, Ark.), Bobby L. Shipman III (Jonesboro, Ark.), Joshua L. Parrish (Paragould, Ark.), Joseph Michael Schaefer III (Jonesboro, Ark.) and Mark Haney (Jonesboro, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The charging station for charging devices, such as tablets, smart phones, mobile electronic devices, mobile computing devices, and other electronic devices accepts insertion of the device into...