ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,215, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Pop-up retention mechanism for securely charging smart glasses in a self-assembling charging case, and systems of use thereof" was invented by Simone Alberti (San Francisco), Peter Wesley Bristol (Seattle), Rebecca Eveline Daum (Seattle), Shane Michael Ellis (Elmvale, Calif.), Ines Le Bihan (Seattle), Rolando Abella Pausal (Kirkland, Wash.) and Derek Pincus (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example collapsible charging case for a pair of smart glasses comprises a foldable component that is configured to operate in two states, i...