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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Killian, Jr, Sudbury, MA (US);
John B Morse, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354293 ; 248187 ; 354295 ;
Abstract
An adapter for connecting a camera not provided with a tripod socket to a tripod. The adapter comprises a housing, a threaded insert for receiving a tripod screw in the housing, and a dovetail shoe adapted to fit a cooperating dovetail slot in the camera bottom. The dovetail shoe is formed with an opening in which there is a brake assembly movable by a manually operable lever between locked and unlocked positions.