ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,801, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SimpliSafe Inc. (Boston).
"Optical devices and mounting for optical devices" was invented by Scott Joseph Thorne (Allston, Mass.), Dirk Ahlgrim (Boston), Rahul Subramany (Waltham, Mass.), Rebecca Petersen (Medford, Mass.) and Darrell Andrew Holigan (Winchester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device, such as a camera or spot light, having first and second removably engagable components. Disengagement of the components exposes a battery compartment in the second component. The first component can include all optical components of the optical device, such as a camera or light. A mag...