Quick-release telescoping tripod
US7086631B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16M2200/027
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A telescoping stand with a quick-release locking mechanism for binding and releasing a telescoping section including an inner extension member that telescopes into and out of an outer receiving member. The locking mechanism includes a pair of opposed actuator members, each with a hole through it and disposed so that the inner extension member of a telescoping pair passes through the holes. When the actuator members are generally perpendicular to the extension member, the extension member slides freely through the holes. In the normal configuration the actuator members are biased so that each is canted with respect to the extension member and so that the two actuator members are canted in opposed directions. In this configuration the actuator members provide a double binding frictional engagement with the extension member to hold it in fixed relation with respect to its associated receiving member. The actuator members are provided with tab ends that a user may squeeze together to move the actuator members toward their generally perpendicular orientation and thereby release the frictional engagement with the extension member.
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