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US 2018/0023755 A1Published application
Modular motorized slider system
AssigneeDyno Equipment, Inc.
InventorsScott Matthews, Christopher M. Szczur
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Abstract
A modular, motorized camera slider system for use with various camera devices, including mobile phones and small, lightweight portable video cameras. A motorized shuttle, straight and curved connectable track pieces, and removable bipod legs enables users to add controlled linear movements to video and time lapse photography. The motorized shuttle supports a camera and moves along the connected tracks, which in turn are supported by the bipod legs or other support system.
Claims20
A camera slider system comprising
- a track having an upper surface, a first outer rail, a second outer rail, a first track connecter, a second track connecter, and a leg connecter, where the first track connecter includes a protrusion, where the second connecter includes a depression, where an outer surface of the first rail has an inward slope, and where an outer surface of the second rail has an inward slope;
- a leg having a leg connecter, where the leg connector of the leg mates with the leg connector of the track;
- a shuttle having a main body and a suspension arm, where the main body includes a drive wheel, and a side roller, where the drive wheel engages the upper surface of the track, where the suspension arm provides a force pulling the main body towards the suspension arm, where the suspension arm engages the outer surface of the first rail, and where the side roller engages the outer surface of the second rail.
A slider system comprising
- a plurality of tracks, where each track has an upper surface, a first outer rail, a second outer rail, a first track connecter, a second track connecter, where the first track connecter includes a protrusion, where the second connecter includes a depression, where an outer surface of the first rail has an inward slope, and where an outer surface of the second rail has an inward slope, where the first track connector of one of the plurality of tracks mates with the second track connector of another of the plurality of tracks;
- a shuttle having a main body and a suspension arm, where the main body includes a drive wheel and a side roller, where the drive wheel engages the upper surface of the track, where the suspension arm provides a force pulling the main body towards the suspension arm, where the suspension arm engages the outer surface of the first rail, and where the side roller engages the outer surface of the second rail.
A slider track system comprising
- a plurality of tracks, where each track has an upper surface, a first outer rail, a second outer rail, a first track connecter, a second track connecter, and a first leg connection, where the first track connecter includes a protrusion, where the second connecter includes a depression, where an outer surface of the first rail has an inward slope, and where an outer surface of the second rail has an inward slope, where the first track connector of one of the plurality of tracks mates with the second track connector of another of the plurality of tracks;
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- a plurality of bipod legs, where each bipod leg has a main body and two arms, where each arm is secured to the main body by a hinge, where the main body has a first leg connection, a second leg connection, and two arm cavities, where the arms may rotate about the hinge and into the arm cavities;
- where the second leg connection of each bipod leg can mate with the first leg connection of each track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.