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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:
Dec. 12, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter W Bressler, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Edmund Scientific Company, Barrington, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248165 ; 2481887 ;
Abstract
A stable tripod for an optical telescope comprises a head having an inwardly facing circular side wall, three legs, each having a shoe located at its upper end adapted to engage and push outwardly against the circular wall and having a lower end for engaging a surface upon which the support rests, means cooperating with said legs and providing a pivot whereby motion of the lower ends of said legs in an inward direction results in outward motion of the shoes against the wall, and means for urging the lower ends of the legs inwardly in order to urge the shoes tightly against the wall.