ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,938, issued on May 27, was assigned to PLAYCORE WISCONSIN INC. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Playground apparatus comprising a camera support" was invented by Lindsay E. Richardson Hill (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Sam Smith (Fort Payne, Ala.), Steven Dupree (Gadsden, Ala.), Charles Walcott (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Benjamin Thornberry (Centre, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a playground apparatus that is configured to support a camera, typically a smartphone or similar photo/video device. The apparatus is configured to both (a) position the camera to take a photograph or video of the user ...