Tripod appliance

A tripod appliance comprising:

• a support for holding a device and comprising three of a hub, and each of the hubs corresponding to a leg and having an attachment to the leg,
• the leg having a clip and an arm with the clip at a first end of the arm, and a second end of the arm extending an arm distance from the clip, and
• the attachment comprising a rotational attachment of the clip to the hub and effecting a standing position and a storage position of the leg about the support,
• wherein
• a change from the standing position to the storage position is effected by a first direction rotational displacement of the leg about the hub,
• the first direction rotational displacement is deterred by a first interference for maintaining the leg in the standing position, the first interference comprising a contour of the leg engaging a contour of the hub,
• a first force applied to the arm at a first selected distance from the clip and perpendicular to the arm creates a first direction rotational moment of the leg about the hub, overcomes the first interference, effects the first direction rotational displacement and rotates the leg from the standing position to the storage position,
• the support is molded of a resilient plastic and the leg is molded of a resilient plastic,
• the hub comprises a convex contour and the clip comprises a concave contour,
• the contour of the clip and the contour of the hub are configured for the clip being snapped over the hub, and
• the clip is capable of rotating about the hub.

A tripod appliance comprising:

• a support for holding a device and comprising three of a hub, and each of the hubs corresponding to a leg and having an attachment to the leg,
• the leg having a clip and an arm with the clip at a first end of the arm, and a second end of the arm extending an arm distance from the clip, and
• the attachment comprising a rotational attachment of the clip to the hub and effecting a standing position and a storage position of the leg about the support,
• wherein
• a change from the standing position to the storage position is effected by a first direction rotational displacement of the leg about the hub,
• the first direction rotational displacement is deterred by a first interference for maintaining the leg in the standing position, the first interference comprising a contour of the leg engaging a contour of the hub,
• a first force applied to the arm at a first selected distance from the clip and perpendicular to the arm creates a first direction rotational moment of the leg about the hub, overcomes the first interference, effects the first direction rotational displacement and rotates the leg from the standing position to the storage position,
• the leg is of a resilient plastic and the arm is configured to act like a spring, whereby
• the first force due to the first interference initially causes the arm to bend effecting a stored energy in the arm, and
• the first force in overcoming the first interference releases the stored energy to encourage the first direction rotational displacement of the leg.

A tripod appliance comprising:

• a support for holding a device and comprising three of a hub, and each of the hubs corresponding to a leg and having an attachment to the leg,
• the leg having a clip and an arm with the clip at a first end of the arm, and a second end of the arm extending an arm distance from the clip, and
• the attachment comprising a rotational attachment of the clip to the hub and effecting a standing position and a storage position of the leg about the support,
• wherein
• a change from the standing position to the storage position is effected by a first direction rotational displacement of the leg about the hub,
• the first direction rotational displacement is deterred by a first interference for maintaining the leg in the standing position, the first interference comprising a contour of the leg engaging a contour of the hub,
• a first force applied to the arm at a first selected distance from the clip and perpendicular to the arm creates a first direction rotational moment of the leg about the hub, overcomes the first interference, effects the first direction rotational displacement and rotates the leg from the standing position to the storage position,
• the leg is molded of a resilient plastic, and
• the clip comprises a contour configured to distort and act like a spring as the leg is rotated to the storage position, whereby due to a resilient spring action of the clip the leg continues to rotate and automatically snaps into the storage position as the leg approaches the storage position.

A tripod appliance comprising:

• a support for holding a device and comprising three of a hub, and each of the hubs corresponding to a leg and having an attachment to the leg,
• the leg having a clip and an arm with the clip at a first end of the arm, and a second end of the arm extending an arm distance from the clip, and
• the attachment comprising a rotational attachment of the clip to the hub and effecting a standing position and a storage position of the leg about the support,
• wherein
• a change from the standing position to the storage position is effected by a first direction rotational displacement of the leg about the hub,
• the first direction rotational displacement is deterred by a first interference for maintaining the leg in the standing position, the first interference comprising a contour of the leg engaging a contour of the hub,
• a first force applied to the arm at a first selected distance from the clip and perpendicular to the arm creates a first direction rotational moment of the leg about the hub, overcomes the first interference, effects the first direction rotational displacement and rotates the leg from the standing position to the storage position,
• a contour of the clip comprises a concave interior contour having at least one of a projection or a depression, and
• the concave contour is configured to deform and act like a spring by storing then releasing potential energy during the first rotational displacement.