ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,162, issued on April 14, was assigned to BI-SILQUE S.A. (Esmoriz, Portugal).

"Support system, board with surface configured for writing and related preparation method" was invented by Andre Vasconcelos (Ovar, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to a support system for a board with surface configured for writing comprising a tripod (1), three tethers (3) and a connector (4); a tray (2), which includes at least one tripod connection element (1); a clamp (7) configured to connect with said board with surface configured for writing; and a guide rail (19), which is configured to connect to said clamp (7). The inv...