ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,666, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AXIS AB (Lund, Sweden).

"System for mounting on a surface" was invented by Malin Klein (Lund, Sweden), Ola Bjork (Lund, Sweden) and Sebastian Lundblad (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a mounting bracket configured for attachment to the surface, a plastic clamp having a base part and a connection part. The mounting bracket is provided with an opening into which the base part of the plastic clamp is insertable with a snap fit and the connection part of the plastic clamp is configured for snap fit engagement with an object attachable to the mounting bracket. The base pa...