ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,390, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NavVis GmbH (Munich).

"Frame for at least one scanning device and spatial detection device with at least one scanning device" was invented by Nils Christensen (Munich), Prashant Doshi (Munich), Tim Habigt (Munich), Michael Jaschke (Munich), Mandolin Maidt (Munich), Malte Pliszewski (Munich), Georg Schroth (Munich) and Christian Werner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame for a scanning device includes a supporting device for fitting and carrying the frame by a person. The supporting device has a shoulder rest for placing the frame on the person's shoulders. The frame further includes an...