Magnetic closure device

A tripod for mounting a camera or the like, said tripod comprising a support having three legs moveably mounted at a proximal end about the support and circumferentially equidistant from each other, the three legs being moveable between an expanded configuration to support the tripod and a folded configuration when the three legs lie adjacent to each other;

• at least one leg including a magnet spaced distally along the at least one leg from the support, wherein the magnet is housed on a sleeve attached to the at least one leg;
• each of the other two legs including a further magnet or a magnetically attracted portion to magnetically engage the magnet and releasably retain the tripod in the folded configuration, wherein each of the other two legs has attached an additional sleeve housing each further magnet or magnetically attracted portion;
• wherein each sleeve comprises a body portion comprising a ring section defining an aperture, the aperture being so shaped to fit about, in continuous engagement to the sleeve's respective leg to thereby slide the sleeve onto the leg, and
• wherein the sleeve attached to the at least one leg houses a first magnet and a second magnet, the first magnet and the second magnet being located on opposite sides of the at least one leg and engaging one or more corresponding magnets or magnetically attracted portions housed on the other two legs.