Tripod
AssigneeNEDO GmbH & Co., KG
InventorWalter H. Fischer
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Abstract
A tripod configured with three tripod legs pivotally attached to a tripod plate comprises as components a coupling device, a connecting arrangement for the non-latching engagement of two tripod legs and a locking arrangement, which has a locking piece with a latching action and which has detent elements. In this way, in a closed position the tripod legs can be connected to and detached from each other very easily.
Claims20
A tripod with three tripod legs which are pivotally attached to a tripod plate and in a closed position are arranged close to one another, and which are connected with one another via a coupling device, wherein said coupling device comprises:
- a. at least one connecting arrangement with a connection piece and a counterpart by means of which two adjacent tripod legs can be connected relative to each other through a non-latching engagement of the connection piece and its counterpart;
- and,
- b. a locking arrangement which has been designed with a locking piece that is located at a further tripod leg and is movable between a locking position and a release position and detent elements that are located at the tripod legs adjacent to the further tripod leg and that are engaged in a rear grip with the locking piece in its locking position when the tripod legs are in a closed position, thus fixing all tripod legs relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.