Camera support
OwnerGarrett W. Browninventor
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Abstract
The camera support includes an upright tubular body to which a gimbal and a plurality of auxiliary pieces of camera equipment such as a video monitor, an electronics package, a battery or a recorder can be vertically adjustably mounted in an expanded balanced arrangement. Some of these components are also circularly adjustable about the vertical body in response to various clearance requirements and the necessities of certain types of shooting. Certain components can be mounted to the tubular body in an inverted position to facilitate "low mode" operation in which the camera body is the lowest component of the camera equipment, and is adapted to be dependent from the camera mounting plate.
Claims46
In a mobile camera support system for securing a plurality of camera components during use, including a first component means and a second component means, an elongated support body having a camera body mounted near one end, and a gimbal means for attaching the support body to a carrying system, the improvement which comprises:
- means for attaching said first component means and said second component means to the support body;
- wherein said attachment means are capable of separate axial movement along the support body, and separate rotative movement about the support body;
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- wherein said first component means and said second component means are pivotally associated with said attachment means for separate rotation in azimuth with respect to said support body independently of each other and independently of the camera body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.