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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Graham Clark, Clark, CO (US);
Inventor:
Graham Clark, Clark, CO (US);
Assignee:
New Ideas Manufacturing LLC, Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01); F16C 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/12 (2006.01); F16M 11/14 (2006.01); F16M 11/18 (2006.01); F16M 11/24 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/14 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); F16C 11/0604 (2013.01); F16C 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/12 (2013.01); F16M 11/18 (2013.01); F16M 11/242 (2013.01); F16M 2200/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved tripod head including a cylindrical body having a cavity and a ball joint rotationally positioned into the cavity. A stem is attached to the ball joint, the stem having an attached camera mount configured to accept and hold a camera steady during operation. A positional feature provided on a front portion of the cylindrical body, the positional feature providing to a larger range of motion when the stem is in a horizontal position compared to the prior art. The stem in a horizontal position corresponds to portrait mode photography.