ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,390, issued on Feb. 4.

"Camera mount for a surfboard" was invented by John Robert Montgomery (Honolulu).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakaway camera mount assembly is configured to detach from a surfboard. The breakaway camera mount assembly has a base plug that includes a rectangular coupling, joined to the base plug cylindrical portion bottom portion and further joined into a rectangular slot on the surfboard. A base attachment is joined to the base plug and further comprising a base attachment cylindrical portion having a plurality of base attachment cylindrical portion openings, such that the plurality of pins extend through t...