ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,539, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Support apparatus and display device having same" was invented by Hoyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Heegun Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Weonyoung Sho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a stand body supporting the display panel; a swivel ring rotatably placed on a bottom surface of the stand body; a swivel cover fixed to the bottom surface of the stand body on an inner side of the swivel ring and supporting an inner edge of the swivel ring; a stand base fixed t...