CN216556271U - Supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model relates to the field of auxiliary shooting, and discloses a supporting device which comprises a main body part, at least three foot arms and a limiting cover. The main body piece is internally provided with at least three storage bins, the opening of each storage bin is provided with a first limiting part, and each foot arm is stored in the corresponding storage bin and can slide relative to the storage bin. The foot arm includes that inserting the end and supporting the end, inserts the end and includes spacing pivot. The limiting cover is arranged at the bottom end of the main body part and provided with at least three second limiting parts, and each second limiting part faces to the opening of each storage bin. Each foot arm is capable of moving to a first position, a second position, and a third position; in the first position, the foot arm is accommodated in the accommodating bin; at the second position, the foot arm extends out of the storage bin; in the third position, the limiting rotating shaft abuts against the second limiting part, the first limiting part abuts against the insertion end of the foot arm, and the foot arm is positioned at an acute angle relative to the axial direction of the main body piece. The supporting device provided by the embodiment of the utility model has a simple structure, and is convenient and reliable to operate.

Description

Supporting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of auxiliary shooting, in particular to a supporting device such as a tripod.

Background

Tripods have been widely used for assisting photographing to be able to keep a camera or a camera device such as a mobile phone in a relatively stable state and to provide more convenience in self-photographing.

The existing tripod usually adopts three foot rods so as to support the tripod on the ground or a desktop when being opened, and further stably support the camera shooting equipment. As technology has evolved, related tripods have been designed to hide the three legs within the handle when stowed for convenient storage and carrying.

However, the existing tripod capable of hiding the leg is complicated in structural design, and further causes inconvenience in operation.

Therefore, there is a need for improvement of the related technical drawbacks.

It is to be noted that the information disclosed in the above background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the present application and therefore may include information that does not constitute prior art known to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly solves the technical problem of providing a supporting device which can realize convenient and reliable operation through a simple structure.

The embodiment of the utility model provides the following technical scheme for solving the technical problem.

A support device, comprising: the main body piece is internally provided with at least three storage bins, and the opening of each storage bin is provided with a first limiting part; at least three foot arms, each foot arm at least partially received within a respective one of the bins and slidably movable relative to the bins; the foot arm comprises an insertion end and a support end opposite to the insertion end, and the insertion end comprises a limiting rotating shaft; the limiting cover is installed at the bottom end of the main body part and provided with at least three second limiting parts, and each second limiting part faces to the opening of each storage bin. Wherein each foot arm is movable relative to the body member to at least a first position, a second position, and a third position; in the first position, the foot arm is accommodated in the accommodating bin, and the supporting end is close to the opening; in the second position, the foot arm extends out of the storage bin along the axial direction of the main body piece, and the second limiting part abuts against the limiting rotating shaft to prevent the foot arm from being separated from the main body piece from the opening; in the third position, the limit rotating shaft abuts against the second limit part, the first limit part abuts against the insertion end of the foot arm, and the foot arm is positioned at an acute angle relative to the axial direction of the main body piece.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the foot arm is in interference fit with the main body piece, so that the foot arm can be positioned at any position between the first position and the second position.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the supporting device further comprises at least three abutting portions, and the at least three abutting portions are located at the bottom end of the main body piece; each abutting part is elastically pressed against a corresponding leg arm.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the at least three abutting portions are provided on an elastic member mounted at a bottom end of the main body member. Alternatively, the at least three abutments are integrally formed with the body member.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, a plurality of positioning grooves are provided on one side of the leg arm facing the abutting portion, and the abutting portion includes positioning teeth; the positioning teeth can be meshed with any one of the positioning grooves, and the foot arms are positioned.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the support end includes a support plane.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the foot arm is an integrally formed member.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme, a threaded hole is formed in the bottom end of the main body piece; the limiting cover is provided with a through hole corresponding to the threaded hole so as to expose the threaded hole.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the at least three storage compartments are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the main body member.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the leg arm includes an inner side surface facing the central axis of the main body, the inner side surface has a first side edge and a second side edge, and a distance between the first side edge and the second side edge is a width of the leg arm; an angle between a first plane passing through the central axis and the first side and a second plane passing through the central axis and the second side is between 30 ° and 120 °.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the supporting device is a tripod.

Compared with the prior art, in the supporting device provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the design of the main body part and the limiting cover is adopted, so that the installation and various limiting of at least three legs can be realized, and the supporting device capable of hiding and containing the legs in the main body part is provided by a simpler structural design, so that the supporting device is convenient to contain and carry; moreover, different positioning of the foot arm can be realized by drawing and rotating the user, so that the operation is convenient and simple, and the reliability is higher. Wherein the foot arm can be pulled from a first position to a second position by pulling the support end; in this second position, the legs can be seen as an extension of the body member, since they are still in the axial direction of the body member, thereby serving to extend the length of the support device; accordingly, the length of the main body member can be appropriately shortened, so that the main body member used as a handle is made smaller.

Drawings

One or more implementations are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which are not to be construed as limiting the embodiments, in which elements having the same reference numerals are identified as similar elements, and in which the drawings are not to be construed as limited, unless otherwise specified.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a supporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a foot arm is at a first position;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the support device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the support device shown in FIG. 1 with the foot arm in a second position;

FIG. 4 is another perspective view of the support device shown in FIG. 1 with the foot arm in a second position;

FIG. 5 is a further perspective view of the support device of FIG. 1 with the foot arm in a third position;

fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of the support device shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate an understanding of the utility model, the utility model is described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may be present. As used in this specification, the terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," "up," "down," "inner," "outer," "bottom," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the utility model herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the utility model described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1 to fig. 3 are a schematic perspective view, an exploded perspective view, and a cross-sectional view of a supporting device 100 according to an embodiment of the utility model. The supporting device 100 may include a body member 10, at least three leg arms 20, a position-restricting cover 30, and an elastic member 40. The main body part 10 can be used as a handle for a user to grasp, and the limit cover 30 and the elastic part 40 are both arranged on the main body part 10; the foot arm 20 can be housed in the body member 10 and can be pulled out for stable support.

The main body 10 includes at least three storage compartments 11, and an opening 13 of each storage compartment 11 has a first position-limiting portion 12. For example, the body member 10 may have a cylindrical shape, and the storage compartment 11 is formed in the cylindrical wall of the body member 10 in the axial direction of the body member 10. The opening 13 of the storage compartment 11 may be disposed downward, and a portion of the cylindrical wall at the opening 13 may be used as the first stopper portion 12. The number of the storage bins 11 can be three, and can also be 4 or more; the number of the foot arms 20 may be the same as the number of the bins 11.

Each foot arm 20 is at least partially housed within a respective one of the storage compartments 11 and is capable of sliding movement relative to the storage compartment 11. The foot arm 20 comprises an insertion end 21 and a support end 22 opposite to the insertion end 21, and the insertion end 21 comprises a limit rotating shaft 23. The insertion end 21 is used for inserting into the storage 11 through the opening 13. The limiting rotating shaft 23 can extend to the left side and the right side from the insertion end 21; accordingly, the width of the storage compartment 11 may be equivalent to the length between the two ends of the limit rotation shaft 23 and greater than the width of the foot arm 20 except for the limit rotation shaft 23.

The stopper cover 30 is mounted on the bottom end 14 of the main body 10 and has at least three second stopper portions 31, each second stopper portion 31 facing the opening 13 of each storage compartment 11. The retaining cap 30 may be in the form of a flat plate that may be mounted to the bottom end 14 by, for example, screws 33. The second position-limiting portion 31 may be a flat plate structure covering a portion of the opening 13 so as to be capable of being in stop fit with the position-limiting rotation shaft 23. The number of the second stoppers 31 is the same as the number of the storage compartments 11.

Each foot arm 20 is movable relative to the body member 10 to at least a first position, a second position and a third position. As shown in fig. 1, in the first position, the foot arm 20 is accommodated in the storage compartment 11, and the support end 22 is close to the opening 13. That is, most of the foot arm 20 can be accommodated in the storage compartment 11, and only the support end 22 is exposed through the opening 13; the support end 22 may have a third position-limiting portion 29 for stop-fitting with, for example, the first position-limiting portion 12 of the body member 10, thereby limiting the insertion depth of the foot arm 20; the third limiting part 29 can be matched with a limiting groove arranged on the main body part 10; in addition, the third position-limiting portion 29 may further include an anti-slip rib or a groove for facilitating the pulling out of the leg 20. In some embodiments, foot arm 20 may also be entirely contained within compartment 11, so long as support end 22 is designed to be accessible and pulled by a user. It will be readily appreciated that in the first position, the foot arm 20 is not operative and is stowed away so that the support device 100 looks neat and is portable.

Referring to FIG. 4, another perspective view of the support device 100 of FIG. 1 is shown, wherein the foot arm 20 is in a second position; in the second position, the arm 20 extends out of the storage compartment 11 along the axial direction of the main body 10, and the arm 20 is prevented from being separated from the main body 10 from the opening 13 by the second position-limiting portion 31 abutting against the position-limiting rotating shaft 23. Foot arm 20 may be pulled from the first position to the second position by pulling on support end 22; in this second position, since the foot arms 20 are still in the axial direction of the body member 10, these foot arms 20 can be regarded as extensions of the body member 10, thereby serving to extend the length of the support device 100; accordingly, the length of the main body 10 can be appropriately shortened to make the main body 10 used as a handle smaller; when in use, the foot arm 20 is pulled out, so as to ensure the use length and the holding feeling of the support device 100. In addition, the leg arm 20 in the second position has the maximum drawn length due to the restriction of the restriction shaft 23 by the second stopper portion 31.

Referring to FIG. 5, a further perspective view of the support device 100 of FIG. 1 is shown, wherein the foot arm 20 is in a third position; in the third position, the stopper rotating shaft 23 abuts on the second stopper portion 31, the first stopper portion 12 abuts on the insertion end 21 of the leg arm 20, and the leg arm 20 is positioned at an acute angle with respect to the axial direction of the body member 10. Since the limit rotation shaft 23 already abuts against the second limit portion 31 in the second position, the foot arm 20 can be rotated outwards around the limit rotation shaft 23 to reach the third position. Since the first stopper portion 12 abuts against the upper surface of the insertion end 21 of the leg arm 20, the leg arm 20 in the third position is made to be in a stable state, and thus can be used as, for example, a tripod. By adjusting the position of at least one of the first and second position-limiting portions 12 and 31, the angle of the leg arm 20 relative to the axial direction of the main body 10 can be adjusted accordingly.

In the supporting device 100 of this embodiment, by adopting the design of the main body 10 and the limiting cover 30, the mounting and various limiting of at least three legs 20 can be realized, so that the supporting device 100 capable of hiding and accommodating the legs 20 in the main body 10 is provided with a simpler structural design for convenient accommodation and carrying; moreover, the user can realize different positioning of the foot arm 20 through drawing and rotating operations, so that the operation is convenient and simple, and the reliability is higher. Wherein in this second position, since the foot arms 20 are still along the axial direction of the body member 10, these foot arms 20 can be regarded as extensions of the body member 10, thereby serving to extend the length of the support device 100; accordingly, the length of the main body 10 can be appropriately shortened to make the main body 10 used as a handle smaller; in addition, at some intermediate position prior to pulling the foot arms 20 to the second position, these foot arms in the axial orientation may also serve to extend the length of the support device.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-3, the foot arm 20 is an interference fit with the body member 10 such that the foot arm 20 can be positioned in any position between the first position and the second position. Through the design of interference fit, certain damping is provided between the foot arm 20 and the storage bin 11, and the foot arm 20 is prevented from falling out in a natural state; furthermore, the outward rotation of the leg 20 is damped. In this way, no additional damping mechanism is required, and the foot arm 20 can be stopped at any position during the pulling process to meet different length requirements. For example, the foot arm 20 may be positioned at an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, in which case the length of the body member 10 may be extended by half the length of the foot arm 20; similarly, by pushing back or pulling out on the foot arm 20, there is still the effect of extending the length of the body member 10, except that the length of extension is dependent on the length of the exposed foot arm 20. When the leg arm 20 is pulled to the second position, it has the maximum pulled-out length, and accordingly the body member 10 is maximally extended.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the support device 100 may further include an elastic member 40. The elastic member 40 is mounted at the bottom end 14 of the body member 10 and has at least three abutment portions 41. Each abutting portion 41 elastically abuts against a corresponding one of the leg arms 20. The resilient member 40 may replace or supplement the damping mechanism provided by the interference fit described above. The bottom end 14 of the body member 10 may form a groove for receiving the elastic member 40, and the elastic member 40 may be held in this groove by the stopper cap 30. The leg arm 20 is elastically pressed by the abutting portion 41 to exert the same sliding damping effect, so that the leg arm 20 can be positioned at any position between the first position and the second position.

In other embodiments, at least three abutting portions 41 can be formed integrally with the main body 10, and each abutting portion 41 can protrude toward the storage compartment 11, so as to be capable of elastically pressing against a corresponding one of the leg arms 20. Since the body member 10 may be made of a plastic material, the abutment portion 41 may also be integrally formed to have a certain elasticity. In this way, the same sliding damping effect can be achieved, and the manufacturing process can be simplified.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the side of the foot arm 20 facing the abutting portion 41 is provided with a plurality of positioning slots 24, and the abutting portion 41 includes positioning teeth 42; positioning teeth 42 can engage either of positioning slots 24 to position foot arm 20. The engagement of positioning teeth 42 with positioning slots 24 may replace or supplement the damping mechanism described above. In this way, during the process of sliding and pulling out the foot arm 20, the positioning teeth 42 engage with any one of the positioning grooves 24 to position the foot arm 20; by increasing the pulling force, the positioning teeth 42 are disengaged from the front positioning groove 24 and then engaged with the other positioning grooves 24. The number of positioning slots 24 can be increased or decreased as desired. For example, when the length of the arm 20 is longer or more pull-out distance is required to be changed, a plurality of positioning slots 24 may be provided, so that different positioning slots 24 and positioning teeth 42 may be engaged to obtain different extending effects; conversely, if leg 20 is shorter or requires less variation in the pull-out distance, the number of detents 24 may be reduced.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, support end 22 includes a support plane 25. When all the foot arms 20 are in the third position, the support planes 25 of the foot arms 20 can be located in the same plane, so that a more stable support effect can be achieved.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, foot arm 20 is an integrally formed member. That is, the insertion end 21, the support end 22, and other portions of the foot arm 20 may be integrally formed, which may enhance rigidity and simplify manufacturing while saving cost.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-3, the bottom end 14 of the body member 10 is provided with a threaded hole 15; the position-restricting cover 30 is provided with a through hole 32 at a position corresponding to the screw hole 15 so as to expose the screw hole 15. The threaded bore 15 may be, for example, 1/4 inches in diameter to facilitate external expansion.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-6, wherein fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of the support device 100 shown in fig. 1; at least three storage compartments 11 are evenly distributed in the circumferential direction of the body member 10. In this way, the supporting action can be made more stable.

In some embodiments, as shown in figures 1, 2 and 6, the foot arm 20 includes an inner side 26 facing a central axis a1 of the body member 10, the inner side 26 having a first side 27 and a second side 28, the distance a2 between the first side 27 and the second side 28 being the width of the foot arm 20. An angle a5 between a first plane A3 passing through the central axis a1 and the first side 27 and a second plane a4 passing through the central axis a1 and the second side 28 may be between 30 ° and 120 °. In this manner, each foot arm 20 can be made to have a suitable width, thereby providing sufficient structural strength and providing a comfortable feel in use. For example, when the number of foot arms 20 is three, included angle A5 may be 30, 45, 90, 120, etc.; when the number of foot arms 20 is four, included angle A5 may be 30, 45, 90, etc. As will be readily appreciated, with a smaller included angle A5, the width of the leg 20 is correspondingly smaller, thereby reducing the amount of material used and thus the weight of the support device 100; when included angle A5 is larger, the width of arm 20 is correspondingly larger, thereby increasing the structural strength of arm 20 and facilitating the grip of arm 20 by the user.

In some embodiments, as shown in conjunction with fig. 1-3, the support device 100 may further include an adjustment indicating device 50. The adjustment indicating device 50 may be mounted on the body member 10, may be user-activated and send an indication signal to an associated control device in response to the activation, and may be configured to include a rocker, a cross-shoot and portrait shift key, a mode key, a zoom key, and the like.

In some embodiments, the pan/tilt head may be mounted on the top end of the supporting device 100, so as to support the pan/tilt head of the image pickup apparatus upright through the supporting device 100, thereby assisting the user in shooting. Alternatively, a self-timer stick may be mounted on the top end of the support device 100, the self-timer stick may be extended and shortened, and may be at least partially housed within the support device 100; the top end of the selfie stick can be used to hold camera equipment such as a mobile phone, so that the user can take a self-portrait by the stable support provided by the supporting device 100.

To sum up, the supporting device 100 of the present application can save space by hiding the receiving leg arm 20, extend the length of the supporting device 100 by the leg arm 20 at the second position, and provide an upright supporting function by rotating the leg arm 20 from the second position to the third position, thereby making the use of the supporting device 100 convenient and simple.

It should be noted that the description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described in the present specification, which are provided as additional limitations to the present invention, and the present invention is provided for understanding the present disclosure more fully. Furthermore, the above-mentioned technical features are combined with each other to form various embodiments which are not listed above, and all of them are regarded as the scope of the present invention described in the specification; further, modifications and variations will occur to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description, and it is intended to cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A support device, comprising:

the main body piece is internally provided with at least three storage bins, and the opening of each storage bin is provided with a first limiting part;

at least three foot arms, each foot arm at least partially received within a respective one of the bins and slidably movable relative to the bins; the foot arm comprises an insertion end and a support end opposite to the insertion end, and the insertion end comprises a limiting rotating shaft; and

the limiting cover is arranged at the bottom end of the main body piece and is provided with at least three second limiting parts, and each second limiting part faces to the opening of each storage bin;

wherein each foot arm is movable relative to the body member to at least a first position, a second position, and a third position; in the first position, the foot arm is accommodated in the accommodating bin, and the supporting end is close to the opening; in the second position, the foot arm extends out of the containing bin along the axial direction of the main body piece, and the second limiting part abuts against the limiting rotating shaft to prevent the foot arm from being separated from the main body piece from the opening; in the third position, the limit rotating shaft abuts against the second limit part, the first limit part abuts against the insertion end of the foot arm, and the foot arm is positioned at an acute angle relative to the axial direction of the main body piece.

2. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the foot arm is in interference fit with the body piece, so that the foot arm can be positioned at any position between the first position and the second position.

3. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the supporting device further comprises at least three abutting parts, and the at least three abutting parts are positioned at the bottom end of the main body piece; each abutting part is elastically pressed against a corresponding leg arm.

4. The support device of claim 3, wherein:

the at least three abutting parts are arranged on an elastic piece, and the elastic piece is arranged at the bottom end of the main body piece; or

The at least three abutments are integrally formed with the body member.

5. The support device of claim 3, wherein:

a plurality of positioning grooves are formed in one side, facing the abutting part, of the foot arm, and the abutting part comprises positioning teeth; the positioning teeth can be meshed with any one of the positioning grooves, and the foot arms are positioned.

6. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the support end comprises a support plane; and/or

The foot arm is an integrally formed component.

7. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the bottom end of the main body piece is provided with a threaded hole; the limiting cover is provided with a through hole corresponding to the threaded hole so as to expose the threaded hole.

8. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least three storage bins are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the main body piece.

9. The support device of claim 1, wherein:

the foot arm comprises an inner side surface facing the central axis of the main body piece, the inner side surface is provided with a first side edge and a second side edge, and the distance between the first side edge and the second side edge is the width of the foot arm; an angle between a first plane passing through the central axis and the first side and a second plane passing through the central axis and the second side is between 30 ° and 120 °.

10. The support device of any one of claims 1-9, wherein:

the supporting device is a tripod.

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