Package and article carriers – Miscellaneous
Patent
1975-04-03
1977-07-26
Hayes, Monroe H.
Package and article carriers
Miscellaneous
224 8A, 280 30, 280 4724, 352 34, 352243, 354 81, 354293, G03B 1700, A45F 308
Patent
active
040377636
ABSTRACT:
A portable body support for holding a camera and equipment accessory thereto, comprising a frame having a first portion adapted to be positioned adjacent the back of a user, said frame having a vertical length extending from the hip region of the user up to a level above the shoulders of the user, and a second portion comprising a pair of arms adaptable to extend forwardly from the upper end of said first frame portion at opposite sides, respectively, of the user's head. The support further comprises means for hingedly connecting the rear portions of said arms to the upper end of said first frame portion, a camera pod attached to the forward portions of said arms in the region in front of the user for supporting a camera in cantilevered relation to said first frame portion, a pair of shoulder straps for restraining said first frame portion adjacent the user's back, a belt adapted to wrap around the hip region of the user, whereby substantially all of the weight of the camera and its accessory equipment is transmitted to and supported by the hip region of the user, and means on said first frame portion for attachment thereto of the accessory equipment in a position adjacent the back of the user.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2806416 (1957-09-01), Jones
patent: 3550997 (1970-12-01), Strand
patent: 3900140 (1975-08-01), Kelso
Hayes Monroe H.
Sternberg Henry
Video Components, Inc.
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