Steering handle adapter for a camera dolly

An adapter for a steering handle of a camera dolly, comprising:

• an adapter base having a top end and a bottom end;
• an adapter base torque fitting adjacent to the top end of the adapter base;
• a riser having a shaft section;
• handle aligning means for irrotatably attaching the adapter base to the riser, and for temporarily releasing the adapter base to allow alignment of the steering handle;
• a riser torque fitting collar attached to the shaft section of the riser;
• and
• a riser nut on the shaft section of the riser.

An adapter for a steering handle of a camera dolly comprising:

• an adapter base having a top end and a bottom end, with an adapter bore extending through the adapter base from the top end to the bottom end;
• an adapter flange at the bottom end of the adapter base, with a plurality of slotted through holes circumferentially aligned on the flange of the adapter base;
• two or more tang grooves on the top end of the adapter base;
• a riser having a riser flange including openings alignable with the through holes in the adapter flange of the adapter base;
• and the riser having a shaft section attached to the riser flange, with a riser bore extending through the shaft section and through the riser flange;
• a plurality of fasteners attaching the adapter flange to the riser flange;
• a riser tang collar attached to the shaft section;
• and
• a riser nut on the shaft between the riser tang and the riser flange.

A camera dolly, comprising:

• a chassis;
• a steering system within the chassis;
• a steering handle having a first end fitting;
• a steering handle adapter having a first part and a second part attached to the first part and selectively releasable from the first part to allow the second part to rotate relative to the first part;
• a second end fitting on the first part, with the first end fitting of the steering handle engaged with the second end fitting on the first part of the steering handle adapter;
• and
• a third end fitting on the second part engaged with the steering system.

An adapter for a steering handle of a camera dolly, comprising:

• a first part and a second part attached to the first part and selectively releasable from the first part to allow the second part to rotate relative to the first part;
• a second end fitting on the first part, with the first end fitting of the steering handle engaged with the second end fitting on the first part of the steering handle adapter;
• and
• a third end fitting on the second part engageable with a steering system of a camera dolly.

A method of using a camera dolly, comprising:

• removing a steering handle from a steering system of the camera dolly;
• attaching an adapter to the steering system of the camera dolly;
• attaching a shift rod extension within the adapter to the steering system of the camera dolly;
• attaching the steering handle to the adapter;
• attaching a shift rod within the steering handle to the sift rod extension;
• unlocking the adapter;
• rotating a first part of the adapter relative to a second part of the adapter to square up the steering handle with dolly chassis;
• and
• locking the adapter to prevent rotation of the first part of the adapter relative to the second part of the adapter.