US Patent Issued on Aug. 18 for "Gang charger, shroud, and dock for portable electronic devices" (South Carolina, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,845, issued on Aug. 18.

"Gang charger, shroud, and dock for portable electronic devices" was invented by Jonathon D. Phillips (Fort Mill, S.C.), Antonios L. Karagiannis (Charlotte, N.C.), Mark D. Reeves (Fort Mill, S.C.), Matthew Thomas Kerley (Fort Mill, S.C.), John A. Buchanan (Indian Land, S.C.), Daniel C. Symons (Waxhaw, N.C.), Darin J. Shaw (Waxhaw, N.C.), Joshua Abdollahzadeh (Denver, N.C.), Scott M. Speck (Indian Trail, N.C.), Erik L. van Bergen (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Larry T. McKinney (Huntersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized remo...