Camera mounting tripods
AssigneeThe Vitec Group PLC
InventorRichard Arthur Lindsay
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a camera mounting tripod having a hub with three legs hinged at one end thereof to the hub at equi-spaced locations around the hub to swing between a folded condition in which the legs lie alongside one another and an erect position in which the legs diverge from one another. An automatic releasable latching device is provided on one of the legs to engage end housings on the other two legs to hold the legs in the folded position.
Claims14
A camera mounting tripod having a hub with three legs hinged at one end thereof to the hub at equi-spaced locations around the hub to swing between a folded condition in which the legs lie alongside one another and an erect position in which the legs diverge from one another, and automatic releasable latching means on one of the legs to engage and hold the other two legs in the folded position, wherein the latching means comprise a latching device mounted at an end of the one leg remote from the hub to which it is hinged and the latching device being engagable with the adjacent ends of the other two legs in the folded position.
A camera mounting tripod having a hub with three legs hinged at one end thereof to the hub at equi-spaced locations around the hub to swing between a folded condition in which the legs lie alongside one another and an erect position in which the legs diverge from one another, and automatic releasable latching means on one of the legs to engage and hold the other two legs in the folded position, wherein each latch device comprises an arm having a pivot mounting on the leg, the arm having a latch adjacent one end thereof for engaging and holding another leg in the folded position and a release member at the other end of the arm to pivot the arm to release the latch from the other leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.