ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,440, issued on July 15.

"Camera casing" was invented by Tyler Gammelgaard (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera casing having at least one front face. The at least one front face has a first opening, the front face being configured to securely fit with a camera, a flexible covering attached to a perimeter of the front face and the flexible covering having a service opening to provide access to an interior of the camera casing. A first retaining member may be incorporated into the flexible covering and configured to secure the camera to the front face; the front face is a rigid or a semi-rigid material; the front face...