ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,926, issued on Jan. 13.
"Trail cam mounting apparatus and method" was invented by Michael William Ryan (Festus, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for facilitating the attachment of a trail camera to a tree or other outdoor object. The apparatus includes a plurality of bistable bands arranged parallel to one another and a flexible cover enclosing the plurality of bistable bands. Each of the bistable bands has respective first and second mechanically stable shapes. The first mechanically stable shape is substantially linear and the second mechanically stable shape is arcuate or coiled. Each of the bistable ban...