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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Igor Piccoli, Monticello Conte Otto, IT;
Stelvio Zarpellon, Bassano del Grappa, IT;
Enrico Cherubin, Cassola, IT;
Igor Piccoli, Monticello Conte Otto, IT;
Stelvio Zarpellon, Bassano del Grappa, IT;
Enrico Cherubin, Cassola, IT;
Gitzo S.A., Rungis, FR;
Abstract
A support head for an optical or video-photographic apparatus, having a first body traversed by a first axis of rotation with respect to a base of the head, a second body coupled in a rotary manner to the first body a third body traversed by a second axis of rotation and being coupled in a rotary manner to the second body. A user may lock by a single movement of a control member both the relative rotation of the first and second bodies about the first axis and the rotation of the second and third bodies about the second axis. The lock may be a tie-rod extended from the control member along the second axis and a slider connected to the tie-rod and interposed between the first body and the second body configured to lock the relative rotation of the second body with respect to the third body.