ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,957, issued on April 21, was assigned to Targus International LLC (Anaheim, Calif.).

"Device cover assemblies for portable device protection inside receptacles" was invented by Alex Robert Cabunoc (Irvine, Calif.), Gino Salvatore Romano (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jonny Yuan (Placentia, Calif.), Daniel Ballou (Long Beach, Calif.) and Joven De La Vega (Downey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes a system or an apparatus for providing protection for a device. In one aspect, the system or the apparatus includes an outer cover and an inner cover. The inner cover fits inside the outer cover, and the device may be in...