US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on March 17 for "Kickstand for computing device" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,652, issued on March 17, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Kickstand for computing device" was invented by Michael Gordon Oldani (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kickstand assembly comprises a backplate comprising a backplate retention magnet having a first magnetic pole orientation and an upper kickstand plate slidably connected to the backplate. A return biaser biases the upper kickstand plate toward a rest position. A lower kickstand plate is rotatably coupled to the upper kickstand plate, with the lower kickstand plate comprising a closing magnet having a second magnetic pole o...