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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven T Ryan, Newbury, MA (US);
Ulf B Heide, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2481631 ; 2481888 ; 521265 ; 521262 ;
Abstract
A tripod has an adjustable top plate that supports an equipment foot. The support legs each comprise paired plates. Interposed between the paired plates is a damping material. The damping material damps the tripod and inhibits resonance from passing through the tripod to the supported equipment.