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US 5,397,086 AGranted
Camera tripod head
OwnerChien S. Cheninventor
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Abstract
A tripod head comprising (a) a plate connecting with a camera, (b) a camera platform for receiving, (c) two joints linking said camera platform to a central post of a tripod, one of said joints enabling said camera platform to rotate about an axis perpendicular to an axis of the central post while the remaining of said joints enabling said camera platform to rotate about the axis of the central post and (d) a handle for rotating said camera platform, comprising a coupler connecting with said camera platform and a grip pivotably connecting with said coupler.
Claims9
A tripod head comprising:
- a camera platform;
- a joint assembly comprising a first joint being linked to the camera platform so that the camera platform is rotatable about a horizontal axis and a second joint being linked to a central post of a tripod so that the camera platform is rotatable about a vertical axis;
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- a handle comprising a grip being linked by means of a shaft to a coupler for coupling the grip to the camera platform, the coupler comprising separated first and second tubular portions formed at an end, the first tubular portion of the coupler comprising several grooves longitudinally formed therein, the shaft comprising several slides longitudinally formed thereon for engaging with the grooves formed in the first tubular portion of the coupler, the grip comprising a tubular portion formed at an end and, the tubular portion of the grip comprising several grooves longitudinally formed therein, the tubular portion of the grip being disposed between the first and second tubular portions of the coupler with the shaft being slidably inserted therein for linking the grip to the coupler, the slides formed on the shaft being further engageable in the grooves formed in the tubular portion of the grip for keeping the grip from rotating with respect to the coupler, the slides formed on the shaft being disengageable from the grooves formed in the tubular portion of the grip for allowing the grip to rotate relative to the coupler.
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