Tripod-connecting adapter
AssigneeNikon Vision Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsuo Yamamoto
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Abstract
A tripod-connecting adapter for connecting a pair of binoculars to a tripod comprising: a base portion that has a width in which a left and a right lens barrels of the pair of binoculars to be placed thereon come into contact therewith, and restricts rotation of the pair of binoculars around a joint shaft that connects the pair of lens barrels of the pair of binoculars; and a holding device that is provided on the base portion and is connected to the joint shaft to support the pair of lens barrels so that said pair of lens barrels may be placed on an upper surface of the base portion to come in contact therewith, and restricts movement of the pair of binoculars in an optical axis direction of the pair of binoculars.
Claims21
A tripod-connecting adapter for connecting a pair of binoculars to a tripod comprising:
- a base portion that includes a support portion and a plate portion which is supported by the support portion and extends horizontally from the support portion to have an area configured such that a pair of left and right lens barrels of the binoculars can be mounted in direct contact with left and right upper surfaces of the plate portion, respectively, and to restrict rotation of the pair of binoculars mounted on the plate portion around a joint shaft that connects the pair of lens barrels;
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- a holding device that is provided on the support portion and connectable to the joint shaft to support the pair of binoculars with the pair of lens barrels mounted in direct contact with corresponding upper surfaces of the plate portion, and to restrict movement of the pair of binoculars in an optical axis direction of the pair of binoculars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.