Sound boom pole support rig
OwnerJared Cohninventor
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Abstract
A wearable rig system for supporting an overhead boom is provided. The system comprises a body harness attachable to a back area and a shoulders area of a user and a backplate attached to a backward facing surface of the harness. The system also comprises a back-bottom hinge plate attached via hinges to the backplate and horizontal arm poles that upon receipt of downward pressure exert upward force on the hinge plate and cause a far end of an overhead boom to move downward. The arm poles, upon receipt of upward pressure, exert downward force on the hinge plate and cause the far end of the overhead boom to move upward. The boom is positioned over the user's head and by default parallel to a flat surface supporting the user, is perpendicular to the user's shoulders, and extends to the far end several feet in front of the user.
Claims20
A wearable rig system for supporting an overhead boom, comprising:
- a body harness attachable to a back area and a shoulders area of a user;
- a backplate attached to a backward facing surface of the harness;
- a back-bottom hinge plate attached via hinges to the backplate;
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- horizontal arm poles that upon receipt of downward pressure exert upward force on the hinge plate and cause a far end of an overhead boom to move downward.
A microphone support and control system, comprising:
- an overhead boom with a microphone suspended from a first end of the boom;
- a rotating mechanism positioned at a second end of the boom;
- arm poles extending horizontally from a wearable rig, the rig supporting the overhead boom and the rotating mechanism;
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- two handles, one each attached arm poles, that when moved cause cables to turn the rotating mechanism.
A method for moving a microphone boom, comprising:
- a wearable rig receiving downward pressure on at least one arm pole coupled to the rig;
- a hinge plate coupled to the at least one arm pole angling upward based on the downward pressure receive by the at least one arm pole;
- a vertical support bar coupled to the hinge plate pushing a first end of a horizontal boom upward based on the upward angling of the hinge plate;
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- a second end of the boom moving downward based on the upward movement of the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.