Height adjustable, platform leveling multi-pod
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorChristopher A. Tacklind
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Abstract
An apparatus including a platform having a surface secured to at least one leg, and leveling apparatus secured to the platform providing an indication of level about at least two axes. A method of positioning the apparatus includes the steps of positioning an end point of a first leg on a fiduciary point; setting a height of a mounting platform by extending said first leg; positioning an end point of a second leg to engage a surface; leveling the mounting platform on a first axis; positioning an end point of a third leg to engage said surface; leveling the mounting platform on a second axis; and re-positioning said first leg so that said end point is in a desired position.
Claims10
A method of positioning a multi-pod apparatus, comprising:
- (a) extending a first leg of said multi-pod;
- (b) positioning and extending a second leg of said multi-pod;
- (c) leveling a mounting platform on a first axis using a first level indicator on the platform;
- (d) positioning and extending a third leg of said multi-pod;
- (e) leveling the mounting platform on a second axis using a second level indicator on the platform;
- (f) rocking said tripod on said second and third legs to lift said first leg, and
- (g) re-positioning said first leg of said multi-pod;
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- (h) simultaneously leveling the mounting platform on a third axis.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a mounting platform including a three axis leveling apparatus;
- a first leg including a first end rotatably coupled to the mounting platform and a second end having a centering base point provided thereon;
- a second leg and a third leg, each having a first end rotatably coupled to the mounting platform and a second end with a base point;
- first, second and third bubble vials, said first, second and third bubble vials being positioned on said mounting platform at a position over said respective first, second and third legs;
- wherein said first bubble vial is oriented at 90 degrees with respect to said second bubble vial;
- wherein said first and third bubble vials are oriented along a line of rotation formed by rotation of said first and third leg relative to the mounting platform;
- wherein said first leg includes a leg coupling attachment securing said base points of said second and third legs to said first leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.