ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,546, issued on April 21, was assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings Inc. (Niles, Ill.).
"Apparatus and methods for charging a device in a plurality of positions" was invented by Tom J. Downs (La Grange, Ill.), Wade K. Fournier (Spring Grove, Ill.) and Jase A. Ruggles (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging apparatus including a device holder disposed within a cavity, wherein the device holder is pivotably attached to a base and is configured to receive a first device type and continuously charge the first device as the device holder rotates from a first position to a second position and throughout rotation from the first ...