ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,124, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices with light-blocking covers" was invented by Darshan R Kasar (Redwood City, Calif.), Nicholas R Trincia (San Francisco), Timon A Wright (San Francisco) and Vedant A Dhandhania (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted device may include a main housing portion and a temple housing portion. Displays in the main housing portion may be configured to present images that are viewable from eye boxes. A light-blocking cover may extend between the main housing portion and the temple housing portion and may be configured to prevent ...