ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,430, issued on April 22, was assigned to MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A. (Corbetta, Italy).
"Container for video or photographic image-taking apparatuses" was invented by Massimo Marchetti (Corbetta, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for video or photographic image-taking apparatuses comprising a casing that includes a housing for housing an image-taking apparatus. The casing includes a transparent window, an inner surface of which faces a lens of the image-taking apparatus. The casing further includes a sheet wound on itself in a spiral so as to define between its own facing surfaces a spiral-shaped path. The housing being compr...