Shoulder-hand support for photographic apparatus
OwnerHermann Knaudtinventor
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Abstract
A shoulder support for a camera is disclosed, said support being shiftable from a compact stowed condition to an extended operational condition. The device includes a shoulder brace component and a camera support component which are rotatable 90.degree. relative to each axis about the longitudinal axis of the camera support component. A grip member pivotally mounted to the camera support component includes operating keys for winding the camera and tripping the shutter release, the connections between the camera and operating keys are located substantially entirely internally of the device.
Claims11
A shoulder support device for a camera comprising a support arm, camera mount means on said arm for releasably securing a camera thereto, a grip member pivotally secured to said arm adjacent one end thereof, a brace rod member pivotally secured to said arm at the other end thereof, said grip and rod members being disposed to opposite sides of said arm and being foldable about said axis of connection between a stowed position whereat said members lie alongside said arm and an operative position whereat said members extend beyond the ends of said arm, a shoulder brace member connected to the end of said rod remote from the connection of said arm and rod, said shoulder brace member being pivotal relative to said arm about a first axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of said rod and about a second axis perpendicular said longitudinal axis, the combination including key means on said grip and camera actuator means operatively connected between said key means and said camera mount means for actuation of the shutter release and wind mechanisms of a camera on said mount means, said camera actuation means being disposed internally of said grip and said arm.
A shoulder support device for a camera comprising a support arm, camera mount means on said arm for releasably securing a camera thereto, a brace rod having a first end telescopically shiftable relative to said support arm, said rod including a free end, said arm and rod being shiftable between a stowed, nested position and a mutually extended operative position, grip means on said support arm, actuator means on said grip means for triggering a camera on said mount means through shutter release and wind modes, said actuator means including portions extending internally of said support arm and connected to said mount means, a shoulder brace member connected to said free end of said brace rod, said brace member including a pair of pivotal handles shiftable between parallel stowed position and angularly offset operative position, said brace member being pivotal relative to said brace rod about the longitudinal axis of said rod between limit positions offset by 90.degree. whereby a camera disposed on said mount may be supported in two stable positions offset by 90.degree. relative to said shoulder brace member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.