ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,308, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Really Right Stuff LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Panoramic camera support" was invented by Joseph M. Johnson Sr. (Lehi, Utah) and Verent Chan (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for an imaging device includes a first rotatable assembly supportable by a support that rotates in a generally horizontal plane and a horizontal locking member. The imaging device includes a second rotatable assembly that rotates in a generally vertical plane. imaging device includes an interconnection structure that interconnects the first rotatable assembly to the second rotatable assembly such that the second rot...