ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,671, issued on March 11, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Camera case" was invented by Joshua T. Druker (Redwood City, Calif.), Matthew David Thomas (Castro Valley, Calif.), Huy Phuong Nguyen (Alpine, Utah), Bessy Liang (San Jose, Calif.) and Daniel J. Coster (Oakura, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera case that includes a buoyant material. The buoyant material forms a cavity defined by a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side, and the cavity is configured to removably receive a camera. A front opening extends into the cavity. A rear opening is located opposite the front opening, and ...