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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koichiro Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nihon Velbon Seiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 1/102 ;
Abstract
To provide a tripod in which downsizing can be easily realized. A tripod comprises: a main tripod body; a camera supporting rod capable of rising and falling; rotatable legs; and operating bodies for adjusting the opening degree of the legs. These operating bodies are provided so as to be shiftable in the left and right direction without protruding upward from the upper surface of the main tripod body. These operating bodies each have an operating plate portion which shifts in the horizontal direction approximately along a plane including the upper surface of the main tripod body.