US 12,222,632 B2
Obstruction free softbox
Spencer Boerup, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to MGMD BRAINPOWER LLC, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by MGMD BrainPower LLC, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,184.
Application 18/208,184 is a continuation of application No. 17/700,130, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,675,249.
Application 17/700,130 is a continuation of application No. 16/437,660, filed on Jun. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,281,073, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,968, filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324770 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 15/06 (2021.01); F21V 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 15/06 (2013.01) [F21V 7/18 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0525 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A softbox system comprising:
a body supported by a collapsible-frame assembly including at least three frame arms, the at least three frame arms having a proximal end pivotally coupled to a support-ring assembly and a distal end such that the body has a proximal opening and a distal opening when the at least three frame arms are in an expanded position;
a light coupling mechanism disposed about a backside of the support-ring assembly, wherein the backside is opposite a front side that is nearer to the distal opening than the backside, and wherein the light coupling mechanism enables the back side of the support-ring assembly to couple to a lighting source;
wherein a volume of a cylindrical space is defined by the ring opening as a base of the volume and a line as the volume's height, the line extending orthogonally from the plane formed by the ring opening and terminating at a plane formed by distal ends of at least three frame arms of the at least three frame arms;
wherein the volume of the cylinder does not contain any of the at least three frame arms when the plurality of frame arms are in an expanded position.