ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,011, issued on July 1, was assigned to Guangdong Laitu Imaging Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhongshan, China).

"Photographic support with rapid height adjustment mechanism" was invented by Tongling Deng (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photographic support with rapid height adjustment mechanism has a leg with a connection seat on which a fixed tube is fixedly mounted, a first locking seat with a first mounting chamber is fixedly mounted on the fixed tube, and a first movable tube is slid within the fixed tube and extends through the first mounting chamber to the rear side at the rear end. A locking assembly is provided in th...