ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,421, issued on July 15, was assigned to INDURAS INC (Busan, South Korea).

"Self-deployable tripod for vehicle" was invented by Byung Aun Im (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically deployed tripod for a vehicle includes a fixing frame formed as a housing having one open side surface, a folding frame having one side coupled to the fixing frame to be folded and inserted into the fixing frame or to be unfolded and protrude out of the fixing frame, and a driving part coupled to the interior of the fixing frame, to fix the folding frame into a folded state, and to release the fixing of the folding frame by an op...