ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,059, issued on April 29, was assigned to PEAK DESIGN (San Francisco).
"Mobile tripod mounting system" was invented by Robb Henry Jankura (San Francisco), Matthew Thomas James (San Francisco), Arthur Viger (San Francisco) and Jaimee Erickson (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a mobile tripod includes a device case, including a first set of magnetic elements, and a tripod including: a mounting plate defining a leg receptacle and an aperture; a second set of magnetic elements arranged about the leg receptacle and configured to couple to the first set of magnetic elements to retain the mounting plate against th...