ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,176, issued on March 24.
"Bendable camera-support rod system" was invented by Gui Li (Bradenton, Fla.) and Chunyang Jiang (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention herein disclosed is a bendable camera-mount rod system with a surface-engaging pad-food end fixture on one end, and a camera-mount end fixture on an opposite end. A camera may be mounted to the camera-mount end fixture, and the pad-foot end fixture is placed such that it engages a floor or surface. By holding the bendable camera-mount rod system essentially vertical with the pad-foot end engaged with a floor or surface, unintended camera motion is supp...