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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent H. Roberts, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Kenneth D. Salter, Glendale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/56 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/14 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/561 (2013.01); F16M 11/04 (2013.01); F16M 11/14 (2013.01); F16M 11/2078 (2013.01); F16M 13/04 (2013.01); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a counterbalancing arrangement, including: a pin arrangement attached to a monopole; the pin arrangement rotating with respect to the monopole such that roll movement of the monopole imparts yaw movement to the pin arrangement; the pin arrangement having a gimbal; a camera mounting platform having an upper and lower surface; the gimbal connecting to the lower surface of the camera mounting platform; the gimbal having a yaw degree of freedom locked with respect to the camera mounting platform; and a counterbalancing arm attached to the camera mounting platform. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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