Apparatus for a camera mount
First Claim
1. A camera mount of the type having a front plate attched to a lens which is attached to the front of the camera, a base plate extending therefrom and beneath the camera, and a manually-operable latching apparatus including clamping means and pressurizing means mounted on the base plate for respectively securing the bottom of the camera and for exerting a predetermined supporting force upwardly on said camera to counter the moment otherwise exerted by the camera on the lens, wherein:
- said latching apparatus is adapted to control said means thereof to operate in the first sequence pressurizing-then-clamping during latching mode and the second sequence depressurizing-then-unclamping during the unlatching mode.
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Abstract
In a camera mount of the type in which a front plate is attached to a lens which in turn is attached to the front of the camera and a base plate extends from the front plate beneath the camera to secure the camera bottom and to exert a predetermined supporting force upwardly on the camera to counter the moment of the camera on the lens, an interlock is provided to control the operation of the securing means to sequentially follow the operation of the supporting means in both securing and releasing modes.
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1. A camera mount of the type having a front plate attched to a lens which is attached to the front of the camera, a base plate extending therefrom and beneath the camera, and a manually-operable latching apparatus including clamping means and pressurizing means mounted on the base plate for respectively securing the bottom of the camera and for exerting a predetermined supporting force upwardly on said camera to counter the moment otherwise exerted by the camera on the lens, wherein:
said latching apparatus is adapted to control said means thereof to operate in the first sequence pressurizing-then-clamping during latching mode and the second sequence depressurizing-then-unclamping during the unlatching mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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