ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,725, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to REALLY RIGHT STUFF LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Support facility for a binocular" was invented by Verent Joseph Chan (Lehi, Utah) and Joseph M. Johnson Sr. (Draper, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support facility for a binocular has a base, the base including a tripod connection facility, a flexible strap having a first strap end connected to the base, and an opposed second strap end, a tensioner connected to the base and to the second strap end, the flexible strap, the base, and the tensioner defining an opening configured to receive a first barrel of the binocular, and the flexible strap includi...