ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,805, issued on April 29, was assigned to Universal Tech Corp. (Ettrick, Wis.).

"Articulating medical stand" was invented by Matthew Wayne Kriesel (Melrose, Wis.) and Troy Bradley Goodenough (Mindoro, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventive articulating medical stand comprises a lower horizontal support member, a vertical support member, an upper horizontal support member, a tray mounting member and an adhesive medical tray member. The vertical support member is connected to the lower horizontal support member and is capable of vertical height adjustment, and optionally axial rotational adjustment. One end of the upper horizon...