ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,323, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Head mountable display" was invented by Aidan N. Zimmerman (Poway, Calif.), Blake N. Trekell (San Francisco), Ivan S. Maric (Campbell, Calif.) and Marinus Meursing (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mountable display can include a structural frame defining a viewing opening, an optical module coupled to the structural frame. The optical module can include a display screen to project light through the viewing opening. The display screen can define an inner edge, an outer edge opposite the inner edge, a lower edge extending between the inner edge...