ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,260, issued on March 3, was assigned to Crestron Electronics Inc. (Rockleigh, N.J.).
"Pop-up display" was invented by Albert Pedoeem (West Orange, N.J.) and David Paolazzi (North Arlington, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus drives and guides movement of a display assembly that includes a display unit. At least one track extends along at least one side of the display assembly and defines a path along which the display assembly is driven. A plurality of pins extend from the display assembly to the at least one track. At least one constant force spring has at one end a coiled part that is rotatably coupled to the display ...