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AssigneeThe Vitec Group PLC
InventorsJolyon TORBITT, Simon HALL, Andrew Derek MURROW, James GUEST, Alejandro JIRON, Danny FONSECA
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An adapter, for use with items such as cameras and camera accessories, the adapter having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion comprising means adapted to receive and engage with a clamp stud of an item to be connected to the adapter, the upper portion comprising a platform assembly comprising means adapted to attach to another item above the adapter, wherein the lower portion comprises a stud catch mechanism, and wherein the stud catch mechanism is adapted to be connected to the said clamp stud when the stud catch mechanism is in an engaged state and to be not connected to the said clamp stud when the stud catch mechanism is in a disengaged state, the stud catch mechanism having one or more stud catch plates adapted to be moveable into and away from the recess of the clamp stud in use.
An adapter, for use with items such as cameras and camera accessories, the adapter having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion comprising means adapted to receive and engage with a clamp stud of an item to be connected to the adapter, the upper portion comprising a platform assembly comprising means adapted to attach to another item above the adapter, wherein the lower portion comprises a stud catch mechanism, and wherein the stud catch mechanism is adapted to be connected to the said clamp stud when the stud catch mechanism is in an engaged state and to be not connected to the said clamp stud when the stud catch mechanism is in a disengaged state, the stud catch mechanism having one or more stud catch plates adapted to be moveable into and away from the recess of the clamp stud in use, the stud catch mechanism further comprising one or more stud release levers adapted to move the one or more stud catch plates axially towards and away from the said clamp stud in use, the lower portion having a lower engagement surface having a flat portion and a convex portion, the flat portion having an aperture suitable for receiving a clamp stud.
An attachment comprising a main body from which a clamp stud upstands substantially vertically, the main body further comprising an aperture formed in its underside, the aperture being adapted to engage a screw-threaded bolt of an item to be connected to the attachment from below the attachment, wherein the clamp stud has a recess adapted to accept one or more stud catch plates of an item to be connected above the attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.