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AssigneeLino Manfrotto + Co. S.p.A.
InventorsDavide Guidolin, Paolo Speggiorin
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A system (1) for mounting video/photographic equipment (2) on a support head (3), the system comprising a mounting plate (4) which can be fixed to a lower part of the equipment and a seat (20) which is formed in a body (21) of the head and which can house the plate so that the plate can slide along a longitudinal axis (X). A hook (30) is provided on the head and is arranged to pivot between a first, seat-closing, position in which the plate is retained in the seat and a second, seat-opening, position in which the plate is free to enter or leave the seat along an insertion axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X). The head further comprises locking means for locking the plate inside the seat (20) in a desired position on the longitudinal axis, which comprise a pin (35) which is fixed to the hook and can be translated relative thereto, and which is adapted to bear on the body of the head in order to urge the hook into the first position against the plate. The pin (35) comprises an operating appendage (36) projecting from the hook and operable to pivot the hook from the first to the second position.
A system for mounting video/photographic equipment on a support head, the system comprising a mounting plate which can be fixed to a lower part of the equipment and a seat which is formed in a body of the head and which can house the plate so that the plate can slide along a longitudinal axis (X), a hook being provided on the head and being arranged to pivot between a first, seat-closing position in which the plate is retained in the seat and a second seat-opening position in which the plate is free to enter or leave the seat along an insertion axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X), as well as locking means for locking the plate inside the seat in a desired position on the longitudinal axis,
A support head comprising a body in which is formed a seat for housing a mounting plate for an item of video/photographic equipment so that the plate can slide along a longitudinal axis, a hook being provided on the head and being arranged to pivot between a first position in which the hook projects into the seat in order to retain the plate in the seat and a second position in which the hook is outside the seat so that the plate is free to enter or leave the seat along an insertion axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, as well as locking means for locking the plate inside the seat in a desired position along the longitudinal axis, wherein the locking means comprise a pin which is fixed to the hook and can be translated relative thereto, and which is adapted to bear on the body in order to urge the hook into the first position against the plate, and in that the pin comprises an operating appendage projecting from the hook and operable to pivot the hook from the first to the second position.
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