Stabilized equipment support, primarily for use with light-weight cameras
First Claim
1. An equipment support which is capable of being hand-held with improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll to isolate equipment for use with said equipment support, including equipment to be oriented and equipment associated with said equipment to be oriented, from unwanted angular movements caused by motion of the equipment support when in use, comprising:
- equipment support means for receiving said equipment in an expanded, balanced arrangement which provides an accessible center of gravity; and
handle means for engagement by at least one hand of an operator and for attachment to said equipment support means to access said center of gravity, including a gripping portion for supporting and transporting the weight of said equipment and said equipment support means, and an orienting portion for orienting said equipment to be oriented, coupled by means for isolating said orienting portion from unwanted angular movements of said gripping portion caused by movements of said handle means.
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Abstract
A stabilized support which is both small and light-weight in construction, and which receives the equipment with which it is used upon an expanded support network which deploys (positions) the supported equipment in a manner which alters the position of its center of gravity so that the resulting unit can be effectively supported at its center of gravity by an interrupted handle which includes a major portion which can be engaged for overall support and transport of the unit, and a minor portion which includes a control surface which is accessible by the operator'"'"'s hand to achieve controlled orientation of the equipment support, separated by an appropriated device for providing mutual angular isolation between the two portions of the compound handle. The handle for the equipment support therefore provides all of the functions which are necessary for appropriate operation of the equipment which it supports, such as a portable video camera or the like.
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126 Claims
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1. An equipment support which is capable of being hand-held with improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll to isolate equipment for use with said equipment support, including equipment to be oriented and equipment associated with said equipment to be oriented, from unwanted angular movements caused by motion of the equipment support when in use, comprising:
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equipment support means for receiving said equipment in an expanded, balanced arrangement which provides an accessible center of gravity; and handle means for engagement by at least one hand of an operator and for attachment to said equipment support means to access said center of gravity, including a gripping portion for supporting and transporting the weight of said equipment and said equipment support means, and an orienting portion for orienting said equipment to be oriented, coupled by means for isolating said orienting portion from unwanted angular movements of said gripping portion caused by movements of said handle means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. An equipment support which is capable of being hand-guided with improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll to isolate equipment for use with said equipment support, including equipment to be oriented and equipment associated with said equipment to be oriented, from unwanted angular movements caused by motion of the equipment support when in use, comprising:
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equipment support means for receiving said equipment in an expanded, balanced arrangement which provides an accessible center of gravity; handle means for supporting the weight of said equipment and said equipment support means, and including isolation means for coupling said handle means with said equipment support means while isolating said equipment support means from said unwanted angular movements caused by motion of said equipment support means responsive to movement of said handle means; and means for orienting said supported equipment for controlled pan, tilt and roll free from said unwanted angular movements and aligned with said isolation means and said equipment to be oriented. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79)
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- 80. A handle for an equipment support of improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll, for engagement by at least one hand of an operator, to isolate equipment associated with said equipment support from unwanted angular movements caused by motion of the equipment support when in use, said equipment support including means for receiving said equipment in an expanded, balanced arrangement which provides an accessible center of gravity, and said handle comprising a gripping portion for supporting and transporting the weight of said equipment and said equipment support and an orienting portion for orienting said equipment, coupled by means for isolating said orienting portion and said equipment from unwanted angular movements of said gripping portion.
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104. An equipment support which is capable of being hand-held with improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll to isolate equipment for use with said equipment support, including equipment to be oriented and equipment associated with said equipment to be oriented, from unwanted angular movements caused by motion of the equipment support when in use, comprising:
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equipment support means for receiving said equipment in an expanded, balanced arrangement which provides a center of gravity which is accessible by handle means for engagement by at least one hand of an operator and including a gripping portion for supporting and transporting the weight of said equipment and said equipment support means, and an orienting portion for orienting said equipment to be oriented, coupled by means for isolating said orienting portion from said unwanted angular movements of said gripping portion; and means for adjustably positioning the isolation means of said handle means with respect to said center of gravity. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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