ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,471, issued on March 3, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Electronic docking system" was invented by Gregory Mark Rueblinger (Stratford, N.J.) and Duane Stephen Roche (Mullica Hill, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various aspects, an electronic docking system includes a docking device and an electronic device. The electronic device can be configured to be removably attached to the docking device. The docking device can include a first magnetic member and the electronic device can include a second magnetic member. The first magnetic member of the docking device can be configured to move from a first po...