US Patent Issued to Apex Brands on June 2 for "Level with captured magnetic strip" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,703, issued on June 2, was assigned to Apex Brands Inc. (Apex, N.C.).

"Level with captured magnetic strip" was invented by Anthony Katsaros (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level device may include a magnetic element, a vial assembly and a housing having a top face, a bottom face, a first end and a second end. The housing may include a capture element disposed at the bottom face or the top face. The vial assembly may include one or more spirit or bubble levels disposed in the housing to indicate conditions of level or plumb relative to orientation of the top or bottom faces. The magnetic element may be retained by the ca...