Quick-connect mount for a camera and tripod
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1. A quick-connect mount for attachment of a camera to a tripod, said mount comprising:
- (a) a receiving member having a longitudinally extending slot with a first shape, the shape of said slot being defined by first immovable wall portions;
(b) first means for attaching said receiving member to said tripod, said first attaching means preventing translational and rotational displacement between said tripod and said receiving member;
(c) a connector plate having a second shape which mates with the slot of said first shape by sliding engagement, said second shape being defined by second immovable wall portions, engagement between said connector plate and said receiving member preventing relative translation between said plate and said member along two of the three dimensional axes and relative rotation about all three axes;
(d) second means for attaching said connector plate to said camera, said second attaching means preventing translational and rotational displacement between said camera and said connector plate; and
(e) means for securing said connector plate to said receiving member to prevent translation along the third dimensional axis, thereby securing said camera to said tripod.
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Abstract
A quick-connect mount for a camera and tripod. A dovetail connector plate is attached to the camera by a flat-head screw. A receiving member with a similarly configured slot is attached to the tripod by threaded engagement between a threaded aperture in the receiving member and the threaded stud on the tripod. The tip of a thumb screw which is threadingly engaged through the side of the receiving member extends into a recess in the edge of the connector plate to lock the connector plate into the receiving member and, hence, the camera onto the tripod.
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1. A quick-connect mount for attachment of a camera to a tripod, said mount comprising:
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(a) a receiving member having a longitudinally extending slot with a first shape, the shape of said slot being defined by first immovable wall portions; (b) first means for attaching said receiving member to said tripod, said first attaching means preventing translational and rotational displacement between said tripod and said receiving member; (c) a connector plate having a second shape which mates with the slot of said first shape by sliding engagement, said second shape being defined by second immovable wall portions, engagement between said connector plate and said receiving member preventing relative translation between said plate and said member along two of the three dimensional axes and relative rotation about all three axes; (d) second means for attaching said connector plate to said camera, said second attaching means preventing translational and rotational displacement between said camera and said connector plate; and (e) means for securing said connector plate to said receiving member to prevent translation along the third dimensional axis, thereby securing said camera to said tripod. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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