A tripod comprising a head assembly and three legs, wherein each of the three legs is pivotally coupled at a proximal end thereof to the head assembly, the legs having a closed configuration in which they are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and an operative configuration in which the distal ends of the legs are extended outwards; wherein the head assembly includes a head body and a locking ring rotatably coupled to the head body; wherein the locking ring has a first orientation relative to the head body in which contact portions of the locking ring engage each of the legs in their operative configuration and the locking ring prevents displacement of each leg from its operative configuration to its closed configuration; and the locking ring has a second orientation relative to the head body in which contact portions of the locking ring are spaced from each of the legs and the legs are permitted to be displaced from their operative configuration to their closed configuration.
TRIPOD
DREIBEINSTATIV
TRÉPIED
2024-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE |