ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. D1,146,435, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Weber-Stephen Products LLC (Palatine, Ill.).

"Portable stand" was invented by William Alexander Mecker (Kildeer, Ill.), Charles Y. Choi (Chicago), Mark Richard Pavel (Lisle, Ill.), Colin Tyler Hearon (Chicago), Nicholas M. Nanos (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Curtis P. Menning (Palatine, Ill.) and Christian Davis Hyde (Chicago).

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under Application No. D/928,802.

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