ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,287, issued on May 12.

"Apparatus for securing an electronic device to a support structure and electronic device incorporating same" was invented by Claudio Santiago Ribeiro (Evanston, Ill.), Cesar Eduardo Nunez (Miramar, Fla.), Steven Kenneth Mackiewicz (Shorewood, Ill.) and Stephen M. Oshgan (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device mountable to a support structure includes a housing, a coupling member, a clamp member, and a latch mechanism. The coupling member has an electronic device support portion and a clamp support portion. The device support portion is coupled to the housing. The clamp suppo...