Collapsible cell phone boom arm
OwnerSixto Burciagainventor
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Abstract
An extension arm for a digital media device having a camera communicating captured video to a viewable display, such as a smartphone, cellphone, or digital camera, is provided to extend a user's reach for media capture. The device features a telescopic member configured at a distal end to engage with the intended media device. The engagement can include a direct magnetic engagement to the media device, or employment of a protective or decorative case at the distal end of the member to engage the media device.
Claims15
An extension arm for a digital media device having a camera communicating captured video to a viewable display, such as a smartphone, cellphone, or digital camera, comprising:
- a telescopic member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- means for engagement of said digital media device, to an attached position, adjacent said distal end of said telescopic member;
- said proximal end adapted for engagement with a mount or for gripping by the hand of a user;
- said telescopic member translatable from a collapsed position to an extended position;
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- said telescopic member in said extended position, with said proximal end being gripped by said user, providing a means holding said digital media device a distance from said user's body for obtaining said captured video while supported by said telescopic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.