ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE OF THE CLAIM PRESENTED IN Apparatus for supporting a camera and method for using the apparatus, U.S. Patent No. 7684694B2 (filed Mar. 23, 2010)

This paper seeks to critique the claim found in the patent Apparatus for supporting a camera and method for using the apparatus, U.S. Patent No. 7684694B2 (filed Mar. 23, 2010). The paper identifies some of the key weaknesses in the language of the claim while also proposing edits and additions that could have been added to the patent filing that would have strengthened the patent.