ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,086, issued on May 19, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Adapter for a handle attachment for a mobile computing device" was invented by Chieh Kai Wang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Huang Chih Huang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Chi-Ming Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Li-Ko Wang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yun Sheng Chou (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter is disclosed herein. The adapter comprises a base, at least one retention element, a biased latch, a handle, and a switch. The base has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first base surface is configured to...