ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,218, issued on May 27, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Television support tilt mechanism" was invented by Peter Martin van Til (Enschede, Netherlands), Niek Fox (Hengelo, Netherlands) and Luigi D'Andrea (Hengelo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a head portion, an undercarriage portion, and a telescopic portion configured to adjustably move into a plurality of different lengths. A first end of the head portion is rotatably attached to a first end of the undercarriage portion and a second end of the undercarriage portion is rotatably attached to a first end of the telesc...