ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,240, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to APUTURE IMAGING INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Locking structure of Bowens mount" was invented by Mitch Gross (Shenzhen, China), Shuwei Li (Shenzhen, China), Shaoqin Zheng (Shenzhen, China), Peng Li (Shenzhen, China), Daniel Chung (Shenzhen, China) and Anqing Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking structure of a Bowens mount, configured to lock a luminaire with an optical accessory having a Bowens mount, including a rotating member and a mount provided on a luminaire front housing, in which the mount is provided on a peripheral side of a light outlet aperture of ...