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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:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Stanfield Young, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Boake Paugh, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stanfield Young, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Boake Paugh, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Assignee:
West Coast Chain Mfg. Co., Ontario, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2006.01); A47B 97/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that the tensile member extends tangentially from the reel and housing whether the camera is used in the landscape or portrait orientation. A switch is provided to control extension and retraction of the tensile member from a biased reel.