US Patent Issued to Guangdong Sirui Optical on May 12 for "Tripod with one button activation" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,792, issued on May 12, was assigned to Guangdong Sirui Optical Co. Ltd. (Zhongshan, China).

"Tripod with one button activation" was invented by Jie Li (Zhongshan, China) and Zhiwu He (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One-button operation type support leg and support foot frame includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket. The second bracket may slide relative to the first bracket, and the third bracket may slide relative to the second bracket in the length extension direction. An active locking mechanism locks or unlocks the first bracket and the second bracket being disposed between the first bracket ...