ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,670, issued on May 6, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Removable camera lens cover" was invented by Way Chet Lim (Menlo Park, Calif.), Andrew Liu (San Carlos, Calif.), Margaret Birmingham Mittan (Piedmont, Calif.) and Daniel Lee Sobel (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens ...