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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. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Arthur Lindsay, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
The Vitec Group, PLC, Suffolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/138 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/138 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a camera mounting tripod having a hub with three legs hinged at one end thereof to the hub at equi-spaced locations around the hub to swing between a folded condition in which the legs lie alongside one another and an erect position in which the legs diverge from one another. An automatic releasable latching device is provided on one of the legs to engage end housings on the other two legs to hold the legs in the folded position.