Lino Manfrotto + Co. S.p.a.

Vitec Imaging Solutions S.p.a.

Videndum Media Solutions Spa

Davide Guidolin

Paolo Speggiorin

A balanced support head () for video/photographic equipment (), comprising a base (), a platform () to which the equipment can be detachably fixed and which can turn relative to the base about a horizontal axis of oscillation (X), as well as a balancing device () capable of offsetting the oscillation of the platform caused by the weight of the equipment and the platform. The balancing device comprises a spring () fastened to the base and extending towards the platform along a substantially vertical, axis (Z) of said base, and also an abutment element () fastened to the platform and abutting one end () of the spring at a predetermined distance (R) from the axis of oscillation, so that, when the platform is oscillated relative to the base from a vertical, balanced position, the abutment element is displaced relative to the vertical axis along the end of the spring, such that the force exerted thereby on the abutment element generates a balancing torque with a sign opposite that generated by the weight of the equipment and of the platform.

Balanced support head for video/photographic equipment

A system () for mounting video/photographic equipment () on a support head (), the system comprising a mounting plate () which can be fixed to a lower part of the equipment and a seat () which is formed in a body () of the head and which can house the plate so that the plate can slide along a longitudinal axis (X). A hook () is provided on the head and is arranged to pivot between a first, seat-closing, position in which the plate is retained in the seat and a second, seat-opening, position in which the plate is free to enter or leave the seat along an insertion axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X). The head further comprises locking means for locking the plate inside the seat () in a desired position on the longitudinal axis, which comprise a pin () which is fixed to the hook and can be translated relative thereto, and which is adapted to bear on the body of the head in order to urge the hook into the first position against the plate. The pin () comprises an operating appendage () projecting from the hook and operable to pivot the hook from the first to the second position.

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Rosa', Italy

Davide Guidolin