ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,113, issued on June 23, was assigned to NOISY CLAN LTD (Glasgow, Great Britain).

"Compact stand" was invented by David Law (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Jaren Faleide (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compact Stand A stand (100) for holding media, such as sheet music, is configured to move from a closed configuration to an open configuration. The stand comprises a central body portion (111), a first cover portion (112) and a first leg (120). The first cover portion (112) is moveably attached to the central body portion (111) and is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the first cover po...