US Patent Issued to GoPro on April 1 for "Multi-support accessory with integrated power supply for image capture devices" (California, Hawaii, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,317, issued on April 1, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Multi-support accessory with integrated power supply for image capture devices" was invented by Matthew Masao Tonokawa (Kailua, Hawaii), Alexis De Stasio (San Francisco), Jesse Frost Patterson (Pacifica, Calif.), Matthew David Thomas (Castro Valley, Calif.) and Huy Phuong Nguyen (Alpine, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory for an image capture device is disclosed that includes: a body; a rotatable first support that is configured for connection to the image capture device; a second support that is pivotably reconfigurable between stowed and deployed...