Panhead of improved operability

Details Panhead of improved operability Panhead of improved operability

Filed on

1993-03-17

Date issued

1994-11-15

Examiner

Gellner, Michael L.

Other Related Categories

G03B 2900

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

053652932

Description

ABSTRACT:
A panhead for a tripod has a panning base for rotation about a vertical axis, a tilting base hinged to the panning base for tilting in a vertical plane, a handle attached to the tilting base, and a camera mounting hinged to the tilting base for turning a camera between a landscape and a portrait position, the hinge of the camera mounting being situated so that the camera viewfinder remains on the right hand side of the panhead handle in either the portrait or landscape positions of the camera and the photographer is not forced to change grips on the handle between these positions.

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patent: 4736217 (1988-04-01), McDowell
patent: 4767090 (1988-08-01), Hartman et al.
patent: 4959671 (1990-09-01), Ishikawa
patent: 5081478 (1992-01-01), Hayashida et al.
patent: 5170197 (1992-12-01), Schmidt et al.
patent: 5267712 (1993-12-01), Shen

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