ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,420, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Really Right Stuff LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Camera mounting assembly" was invented by Joseph M. Johnson Sr. (Lehi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera mounting assembly includes a base member or plate for holding a camera and a side member or plate. In an exemplary embodiment, lower slots on the base plate or side slots on the side plate are gripped by a vertical support's quick-release mechanism to mount the camera in a landscape or portrait orientation, respectively, the camera being generally centered and evenly balanced over the support in either case. The side member is detachably faste...