ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,955, issued on May 13, was assigned to CLEMSEVEN HOLDINGS PTY LTD (Australia).
"Support leg" was invented by Charles Montesin (Ettalong Beach, Australia), Michael Abelev (Rose Bay, Australia) and Takeshi Shiozaki (Kawasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, there is provided a support device and a support leg for supporting a camera or other device. The support leg includes a primary leg portion and a secondary leg portion. The secondary leg portion is in movable engagement with the primary leg portion for movement between an open configuration where the support leg is fully extended, and a clos...