ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,217, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Manehu Product Alliance LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Television display mount with an adjustment mechanism for tilting and swiveling" was invented by Brian Newville (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A television tilt and swivel device includes a tilt bracket having an arched guide and a plurality of notches, a swivel bracket rotatably coupled to an extender assembly via a swivel rod configured to allow the swivel bracket to swivel in a generally horizontal direction relative to the extender assembly, wherein a lower portion of the swivel bracket is rotatably coupled to a lower portion of th...