ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,857, issued on July 29.

"Mobile phone fixing stand for selfies" was invented by Min Soo Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mobile phone fixing stand for selfies, the mobile phone fixing sand comprising: a body (10) having a spiral spring mounted therein; a head (20) connected to the front surface of the body (10) by a ball joint; a fixing band (40) which is connected to the spiral spring and can be inserted into and withdrawn from the inside of the body (10) via the side surface of the body (10); an upper fixing band (40-1) which has one end fixed to the upper side of the front s...