US 12,265,317 B2
Multi-support accessory with integrated power supply for image capture devices
Matthew Masao Tonokawa, Kailua, HI (US); Alexis De Stasio, San Francisco, CA (US); Jesse Frost Patterson, Pacifica, CA (US); Matthew David Thomas, Castro Valley, CA (US); and Huy Phuong Nguyen, Alpine, UT (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,883.
Application 17/991,883 is a continuation of application No. 17/985,451, filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,553, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152674 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 17/56 (2021.01); F16M 11/12 (2006.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 17/561 (2013.01) [F16M 11/126 (2013.01); F16M 11/38 (2013.01); F16M 13/04 (2013.01); F16M 13/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for an image capture device, the accessory comprising:
a body defining a longitudinal axis;
a first support located at an upper end of the body and configured for movement about a fixed reference axis extending in parallel relation to the longitudinal axis, the first support including first protrusions configured for engagement with the image capture device and extending in parallel relation to the longitudinal axis; and
a second support located at a lower end of the body, the second support reconfigurable between a collapsed configuration, in which the second support defines a grip for the image capture device, and an expanded configuration, in which the second support defines a freestanding base such that the accessory and the image capture device are supportable on a surface, the second support including:
a first leg radially movable in relation to the body;
a second leg radially movable in relation to the body; and
a third leg radially fixed in relation to the body, wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg cooperate to define the grip when the second support is in the collapsed configuration and cooperate to define the freestanding base in the expanded configuration via contact with the surface.