ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,080, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Fotopro (Guangdong) Image Industrial Co. Ltd. (Zhongshan, China).

"Multi-functional gimbal and tripod" was invented by Huibin Yin (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a multi-functional gimbal and a tripod. The multi-functional gimbal includes a first adjustment base, where a ball head structure is disposed at a lower end of the first adjustment base; a second adjustment base, connected to an upper end of the first adjustment base through a horizontal adjustment structure; and a mounting base, connected to the second adjustment base through a vertical adjustment structu...