STANDARDS, TRADEMARKS, AND PATENTS

RRS DOVETAIL STANDARD

All dovetails found on Really Right Stuff products hold to the RRS Dovetail Standard. For designers that wish to develop products compatible with RRS products, critical dimensions for the RRS Dovetail Standard are published here.

CRITICAL DIMENSIONS

REGISTRATION NUMBERS

MTX MULTI-TOOL 5,146,042

RRS LOGO 5,155,605

S.O.A.R. LOGO 5,336,374

UNI-BLOCK 5,308,051

VYCE 5,151,011

 

TRADEMARKS

The RRS logo and the following are trademarks of Really Right Stuff, LLC and may not be used without permission:

Anvil
Ascend
Big & Thin
Cinch-LR
Ground Pod
MTX, Pocket 'Pod
Really Right Stuff
Rock Claw
RRS
Snap QR
SOAR
Uni-Block
Versa
Vyce
Wedding Pro

PATENT NUMBERS

Heads and Clamps

ADAPTABLE CAMERA SUPPORT (MULTI/SAFARI CLAMP)

9,958,759 B2 10,365,545

ANVIL-30 BALLHEAD

10,883,650 11,085,736 B2

CONTROL ARM FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE (FLUID HEAD ARM ATTACHMENT)

9,213,222

DUAL CLAMPING DEVICE

10,612,718 10,883,650

11,242,951

11,512,808 B2

11,519,697 B2

MONOPOD HEAD

9,097,277

PANORAMIC CAMERA MOUNT (PANNING CLAMP)

7,658,556 8,075,203 8,262,299 8,827,576 8,827,577 9,063,397 9,372,385 9,696,611 9,720,306 10,012,890 10,281,803 B2 10,365,544 10,585,337 10,754,228 B2 10,768,510 11,036,116 11,163,219 B2 11,237,463

QUICK RELEASE CLAMP FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT (LEVER CLAMP)

6,773,172 7,077,582

RECOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

10,571,211 11,047,641

11,512,918 B2


Quick-Release Plates and Brackets

CAMERA SUPPORT ASSEMBLY (MODULAR L-PLATE)

 

8,827,574 9,052,574 9,097,962 9,097,963 9,280,039 9,298,067 9,298,068 9,298,069 9,372,383 9,568,810 9,690,171 9,690,171 B2 10,021,891 10,175,561 10,474,011 10,613,421 10,824,056 11,150,541 B2

11,478,191 B2

EXTENDIBLE L-PLATE FOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT

10,241,383 10,564,526 11,269,239

FLASH BRACKET

7,457,535

QUICK RELEASE APPARATUS (SNAP QR)

8,398,315 10,274,125 10,422,467

QUICK DETACH CONNECTOR (QDS)

10,274,125 10,422,467 10,976,000 11,236,854

BINOCULAR MOUNT

11,378,794


Tripods

TRIPODS

8,398,037 9,371,958 11,067,216

TRAVEL TRIPOD

11,480,290 B2

TRIPOD CLAW FOOT, TRIPOD SPIKE FEET (TA-3-FRC FOOT ROCK CLAW, TA-3-FS FOOT SPIKE)

9,689,525 B2 9,816,662

REMOVABLE TRIPOD FOOT WITH SECUREMENT

9,494,276 9,689,525 9,816,662 B2 10,054,256 10,267,452 10,359,147 10,473,261 10,663,107 10,883,653 11,287,082

 

PATENT INFRINGEMENT

 

Any party that manufactures, imports, uses, sells, or offers for sale the above patented technology without permission/license from Really Right Stuff, LLC, during the term of the patent and within the country that issued the patent, is considered to infringe the patent. Really Right Stuff, LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Field Optics Research, Inc. on June 2, 2020 together with an amended complaint on January 11, 2021, in the United States District Court of Utah. The Really Right Stuff complaint alleges that Field Optics Research has infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,773,172 (Quick-Release Clamp For Photographic Equipment); U.S. Patent No. 10,612,718 (Dual Clamping Device); and U.S. Patent No. 10,585,337 (Panoramic Camera Mount). Really Right Stuff alleges that at least the following products are infringed by Field Optics Research; FBH-44DT; FBH-55DT; FBH-55FDT; FBT-ASPL; FBT-ASFPL; FBT-ASFPL; FBT-ASPL-NP; FBT5646C-ASFPL/S; FBT5436C-ASFPL/S; FBT5646C-ASFPL/S; FBT5436C-ASFPL. Really Right Stuff is seeking remedies including a permanent injunction against Field Optics Research’s unlawful infringement, monetary damages in an amount sufficient to compensate Really Right Stuff for such infringement, triple damages because of the willful and deliberate nature of the infringement, and a declaration that the case is exceptional together with reasonable attorney fees.