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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Lino Manfrotto + Co. S.p.a., Cassola (VI), IT;
Stefano Guidolin, Rosa', IT;
Paolo Speggiorin, Mussolente, IT;
Filippo Lanzarin, Bassano del Grappa, IT;
VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS SPA, Cassola, IT;
Abstract
Orientable support () for video-photographic apparatus, comprising an articulation device () with a first () and a second articulation member () provided with respective attachment means for being attached respectively to a supporting member () of said support () and to a video-photographic apparatus, or vice versa, and reciprocally movable in order to orient said video-photographic apparatus with respect to said supporting member (), said first articulation member comprising an internally hollow shell-shaped body () defining a housing cavity () for said second articulation member (), said second articulation member comprising a spherical ball () capable of sliding in said housing cavity (), said ball () and said housing cavity () being shaped in such a way that a gap () is formed therebetween, said gap containing a viscous fluid (V) suitable for regulating the rotations of said ball () in said housing cavity ().