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Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform

US6209830A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 1999
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16M13/00
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This present invention discloses apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform and the camera having a pear shaped ball attached to the camera bottom and the pear shaped ball placed into a cradle cup attached to the platform of a tripod, which makes for a rapid mounting or removal of the camera from the mounting without the neccessity of unscrewing any of the mounting.

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