Adjustable apex camera system
AssigneeFred G. Clark, Jr.
InventorGene A. Flint
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Abstract
A camera support system, particularly for close-up and copy photography, features a light-weight larger bipod consisting essentially of a pair of foldable legs, a transverse lower end member on one leg and the lower end of the other leg providing supporting feet for the system. The legs carry various adjustable mounts for one or more cameras, or accessories, one of the mounts being essentially a smaller bipod which can be similarly employed when detached from the larger. Both the larger and smaller bipods can be used in either upright or reclining positions and are readily foldable into compact form for carriage and storage.
Claims15
A device of the class described comprising:
- first and second longitudinally extensive base legs having opposite ends and a pivotal interconnection located thereon for scissors-like movement of the base legs with respect to each other;
- a transverse base member affixed to one end of one of the base legs and extending laterally from opposite sides of said base leg, the outer ends of the base member and one end of the other base leg constituting feet effective to engage an underlying basis and render the device self-supporting in a generally upright position thereon, whereby the other ends of the base legs constitute their upper ends, said pivotal location being adjustable longitudinally of at least one of the base legs;
- and first mounting means carried by at least one of the base legs for removably mounting thereon a first support assembly.
The device of any one of claims, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 in which one of the mountng means also includes a third fixture having first and second stub legs shorter than the base legs, one end of the first stub leg being removably pivotally interconnected to said one mounting for pivotal movement relative thereto, the other end of the first stub leg and one end of the second stub leg being pivotally interconnected for pivotal movement relative to each other, said interconnection carrying third mounting means for mounting a third support assembly thereon, the third fixture being optionally removable from said one mounting means.
A bipod camera support comprising a first mounting member and a pair of short legs having respective upper and lower ends, the first mounting member being adapted to carry an adjustable camera supporting assembly, the upper end of at least one of the legs being pivoted to the first mounting member about a first axis;
- clamp means for selectively adjusting the attitude of the first mounting member and said one leg relative to each other about said axis, the upper end of the other leg member being attached to the first mounting member for movement with the first mounting member relative to said one leg about said axis;
- a second mounting member pivoted to the lower end of said one leg for movement relative thereto about a second axis parallel to the first axis;
- clamp means for selectively adjusting the attitude of the second mounting member and said one leg relative to each other, the second mounting member and the lower end of said other leg also constituting feet effective to engage an underlying basis and render the camera mount self-supporting in a generally upright position thereon, the second mounting member also being adapted for attachment to a separate structure for supporting the camera mount in mid-air above an underlying basis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.