ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,043, issued on April 21, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Modular dock for mobile computing devices" was invented by Lawrence Allen Stone (Austin, Texas), David William Reber (Cedar Park, Texas), Brian D. Ryder (Leander, Texas), Chad Chaumont (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) and Dennis Barrett (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the co...