ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,905, issued on April 7, was assigned to Athena Club Holdings Inc. (New York).

"Devices and methods for mounting an article to a surface" was invented by Charles Desmarais (New York), Maria Markina (New York), Christopher Nicholas Hibmacronan (Oakland, Calif.), Joshua Morenstein (San Francisco) and Jean Soo Hyun (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a holder including a first surface, a second surface, a body portion in between the first surface and the second surface, and a protrusion. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. A magnet is disposed within th...