Optics: motion pictures – With support
Patent
1978-08-25
1980-06-10
Hayes, Monroe H.
Optics: motion pictures
With support
2482921, 354 82, 354293, 224201, G03B 1700
Patent
active
042069831
ABSTRACT:
An appartus for stabilizing the position of a unitary camera means relative to the body of a cameraman including a camera carrying assembly providing for movement of the camera about panning, tilting, and roll axes, a fulcrum mounted support member for the camera carrying assembly adapted to position the carrying assembly in spaced relation to the body of a cameraman, a body mount for the support member for counterbalancing and transferring the weight of the camera carrying assembly to the body of the cameraman at the lower body or hip region of the cameraman, and a tensioned cable carried by the body mount and support member and connected to the camera carrying assembly for suspending the assembly and for providing relative vertical movement of the camera carrying assembly relative to the support member and cameraman. The camera carrying assembly comprises a horizontal support member having a bracket at one end for carrying a unitary camera means, television equipment and power packs supported from the opposite end of the horizontal support member, an adjustable television viewfinder means intermediate ends of the horizontal member, and clevis means intermediate ends of the horizontal member for connecting the horizontal member with the tension cable. The body mount provides a fulcrum or pivotal mounting for the support member intermediate ends of the support member, counterbalancing spring means for the camera carrying assembly suspended from the forward end of the support member, and adjustable connecting means for positioning the support arm on one or the other side of the head of a cameraman.
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Dexter Ronald P.
Nettman Ernst F.
Continental Camera Systems, Inc.
Hayes Monroe H.
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