CN218819554U - Handheld stabilizer and handle subassembly thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a subassembly is held to handheld stabilizer, wherein this handheld stabilizer includes the handheld portion that has longitudinal axis, is connected to this handheld portion's the steady device that increases and is located the base portion of this handheld portion lower extreme, and wherein this subassembly of holding includes: a grip holder detachably fixedly connected to the base part; a grip link pivotably connected to the grip mount and detachably connecting a connecting rod and a grip portion with a longitudinal axis; wherein the handle attachment member is pivotable and retainable in a plurality of positions relative to the handle mount to provide the handle assembly with at least a plurality of use configurations including a two-handed configuration and a carafe configuration. This allows easy switching between a plurality of hand-held modes without adding any accessory. It also relates to a hand-held stabilizer with the carrying assembly.

Description

Handheld stabilizer's handle subassembly and handheld stabilizer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a photographic goods field, in particular to compromise and carry kettle use and lift the use and the homoenergetic is the handheld subassembly of stabilizer of user's laborsaving. Still further, it relates to a hand-held stabilizer incorporating such a grip assembly.

Background

Triaxial handheld stabilizers are a popular product in recent years for the film and television industry for field photography. The angle and the movement of the camera are sensed through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and the three brushless motors of pitching, rolling and course are directly driven to achieve the stabilization effect of real-time correction. The utility model has the advantages of portability, easy use and good effect, thereby being widely applied. The common hand-held modes in the market at present comprise a single hand-held vertical holding mode and a positive double hand-held mode.

The existing single-hand vertical-holding type three-axis handheld stabilizer has the defects that the center of gravity of a camera is high, one hand is labored when the camera is used for performing a roll action, the single hand is not suitable for holding for a long time for shooting, the single hand is tired, the user needs to grasp a handle tightly all the time, and the palm is tired. If two hands hold one handle at the same time, the operation is uncomfortable.

As an attempt to improve the hand-holding manner, in patent application publication No. CN111656078A, a connecting device of a straight-handle stabilizer is proposed, wherein the connecting device 100 comprises a side plate assembly 10 for detachably connecting to a handle body of the straight-handle stabilizer and a handle assembly 20 detachably mountable to the side plate assembly 10, wherein the handle assembly 20 can be rotated and held at different positions of the side plate assembly 10 to support various use manners of the straight-handle stabilizer and/or to adapt various use postures of the hand-holding stabilizer. Wherein a two-hand mode for high-position shooting is shown in fig. 11 of the patent application document and a hand-held mode suitable for moving shooting close to in a narrow space is shown in fig. 12. Here the side plate assembly 10 is connected to the operating portion 50 of the straight shank stabilizer proximate one end of the head so that the handle assembly 20 and the operating portion 50 are positioned on the same side or opposite sides relative to the side plate assembly 10.

However, in the actual use process, the design of adding the hand-held mode to the straight handle type stabilizer still has the following defects:

1. because in the existing stabilizer, the common kettle structure is convenient for carrying and walking or shooting at a special angle, the handle assembly 20 and the side plate assembly 10 of the handle body 10 are fixedly connected at a fixed angle to form a specific holding posture. The use of the handle is generally to save labor in low-angle shooting, but the handle cannot play a role in saving labor in high-position shooting, and may prevent a user from lifting and using the stabilizer.

2. In this type of design, in order to ensure that the imaging lens of the stabilizer does not change during the entire shooting, it is necessary to pivot the handle assembly 20 by an angle of at least 90 degrees with respect to the handle body when switching the handle assembly between the two-handed mode for high-position shooting and the handy mode adapted to move shooting closely in a narrow space, which causes much inconvenience to the user's operation, especially in the case where the imaging lens is heavy and dynamic shooting is performed.

In view of the above, those skilled in the art have endeavored to devise a hand-held stabilizer handle assembly and hand-held stabilizer that overcome the deficiencies of the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a handle assembly for a hand-held stabilizer, whereby the disadvantages of the prior art described above are overcome.

In order to accomplish the above task, the present invention provides a handheld stabilizer's handle assembly, wherein, this handheld stabilizer includes the handheld portion that has a longitudinal axis, is connected to this handheld portion's the device that increases steady and is located the base portion of this handheld portion lower extreme, and wherein this handle assembly includes: a grip holder fixedly connected to the base part; a grip link pivotably connected to the grip mount and connected to a connecting rod and a grip portion with a longitudinal axis; wherein the handle link is pivotable and retainable in a plurality of positions relative to the handle mount such that the handle assembly has at least a plurality of use configurations including a two-handed configuration and a carafe configuration, wherein in the two-handed configuration the handle link is pivoted relative to the handle mount such that a longitudinal axis of the handle portion is spaced parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion in a transverse direction of the hand stabilizer; in the jug configuration, the handle attachment is pivoted relative to the handle mount such that the longitudinal axis of the handle portion and the longitudinal axis of the grip portion are substantially coincident in a transverse direction of the hand stabilizer.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a but handheld stabilizer's handle subassembly pivot ground is connected to the base portion that is located handheld portion lower extreme of handheld stabilizer to can allow the handle subassembly to rotate around the handle mounting of the base portion of fixed connection to stabilizer via pivotable handle connecting piece, and lock the kettle shape of holding the form or constituting the one-hand lifting structure in both hands. In actual use, a user only needs to unscrew with one hand to complete the operation of the form conversion of the holding assembly. Namely, the utility model discloses can satisfy and realize the simple switching of multiple handheld form under the prerequisite that does not increase the accessory. Further, add the basis the utility model discloses a carry and hold the subassembly can be convenient for the heavier camera of operational load and be convenient for accomodate, the scene that can be suitable for is also more.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein the handle assembly further comprises an adjustment member disposed through the handle link and coupled to the handle mount, wherein the adjustment member is configured to be actuatable via rotation of the adjustment member, between a locked position, wherein the handle link is permitted to pivot relative to the handle mount, and an unlocked position, wherein the handle link is secured relative to the handle mount. Thereby allowing the conversion and retention of the gripping assembly between the two configurations to be achieved in a cost-effective manner.

In a preferred embodiment, the handle portion comprises a connecting end connected to the connecting rod and a free end remote from the connecting rod, wherein the handle portion is designed such that its free end is capable of extending beyond the handle portion in a substantially horizontal direction in the jug configuration. Therefore, the static hand-held performance and the dynamic hand-held performance of the handheld electronic stabilizer and the working stability of the stabilizer can be remarkably improved, so that better user experience is provided for users, and the competitiveness of products is improved.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein the connecting rod and the lifting portion are designed as one piece. Thereby allowing further reduction in the number of parts, manufacturing costs and assembly difficulties of the handle assembly.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein the hand-held part and the base part are designed as one piece. Thereby allowing further reduction in the number of parts, manufacturing costs and assembly difficulties of the handle assembly.

In a preferred embodiment, there is further included a limiting mechanism disposed between the handle link and the handle holder configured to limit a pivoting angle range of the handle link with respect to the handle holder, including: a limiting groove provided in either one of the handle connecting member and the handle fixing member and extending in a circumferential direction thereof; and the rotating part is fixedly arranged on the other one of the handle connecting piece and the handle fixing piece and is provided with a stop protrusion extending into the limiting groove. This allows the rotation angle of the handle assembly relative to the handle to be reliably limited, so that switching of the handle assembly between different usage modes can be reliably ensured.

In a preferred embodiment, the handle holder further comprises a disengaging portion protruding into the stopper groove, wherein when the stopper protrusion pivots past the disengaging portion, both the handle holder connector and the handle holder are disengaged via the actions of the disengaging portion and the stopper protrusion.

In a preferred embodiment, the adjusting member comprises a threaded member that mates with a threaded aperture in the handle fixture, wherein the adjusting member is in the release position when the threaded member is rotated out of the threaded aperture.

In a preferred embodiment, there is further provided a spacing pin provided to the carrying handle connector, wherein the spacing pin is arranged adjacent the base portion to prevent pivoting of the carrying handle connector relative to the carrying handle fixture beyond the carafe configuration.

As another aspect of the present application, it also relates to a hand-held stabilizer comprising a hand-held portion with a longitudinal axis, a stabilization device connected to the hand-held portion, and a base portion at a lower end of the hand-held portion, characterized by further comprising a grip assembly detachably connected to the base portion.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from that description or recognized by practicing the invention as described herein, including the detailed description which follows, and the appended drawings.

Drawings

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:

FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic perspective views of a handle assembly according to the present invention, wherein the handle assembly is in a two-handed configuration;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are perspective views of a handle assembly according to the present invention, wherein the handle assembly is in a carafe configuration;

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the handle assembly rotated from a two-handed configuration to a carafe configuration in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates, in partial cross-sectional view, a grip assembly of the present invention in a two-handed configuration;

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate, in perspective and side views respectively, a handle assembly of the present invention in a carafe configuration;

FIGS. 6A and 6B show the handle assembly of the present invention in a carafe configuration in rear and rear cross-sectional views B-B, respectively;

FIGS. 7A and 7B show the handle assembly of the present invention in the form ofbase:Sub>A carafe in top and cross-sectional views A-A in top plan views, respectively;

FIG. 8 illustrates in perspective another embodiment of a grip mount and grip connector for use in the grip assembly of the present invention;

fig. 9 shows a perspective view of the grip attachment in fig. 8.

Description of the reference numerals

10-hand-held stabilizer 11-hand-held part 12-base part 20-grip assembly

21-lifting part 22-connecting rod 23-lifting connecting piece 24-lifting fixing piece

25-adjusting part 12A-mounting surface 26-limiting pin 27-spacer 24A-rotating part

24B-stop projection 24C-guide inclined surface 23A-limit groove 23B-stop boss

23C-disengaging 23D-leading bevel 25A-screwing element 25B-screw

25C-screw thread 25D-elastic member A1-longitudinal axis of hand-held portion A2-longitudinal axis of grip portion

H-transverse L-longitudinal

Detailed Description

Exemplary aspects of a grip assembly according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are provided to present embodiments of the invention, but the drawings are not necessarily to scale of the specific embodiments, and certain features may be exaggerated, removed, or partially sectioned to better illustrate and explain the disclosure of the present invention. The position of some components in the drawings can be adjusted according to actual requirements on the premise of not influencing the technical effect. The appearances of the phrase "in the drawings" or similar language in the specification are not necessarily referring to all of the drawings or the examples.

Certain directional terms used hereinafter to describe the drawings, such as "inner", "outer", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", and other directional terms, will be understood to have their normal meaning and refer to those directions as they relate to when viewing the drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, the directional terms described herein are generally in accordance with conventional directions as understood by those skilled in the art.

The terms "first," "second," and the like as used herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. Where the expression "substantially parallel" allows for a reasonable range of angular deviations, not absolutely parallel to each other.

Some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring initially to fig. 1, an electronic hand-held stabilizer 10 is shown as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the electronic hand-held stabilizer 10 is capable of allowing a user to easily operate a heavy or even overweight photographing device without giving the user a bad experience of heavy burden and arm fatigue, while allowing the user to stably exercise his/her mirror in a one-hand manner. Further, the electronic hand-held stabilizer according to the present invention has a simple structure and a compact integral body, and thus is easy to manufacture at low cost and convenient for a user to carry, store and use.

To this end, the handheld electronic stabilizer 10 shown here by way of example comprises an electronic stabilization device (not shown) shown in fig. 1A and 1B, which can be loaded with a camera device (for example a photographic or video apparatus, which may be a single-lens reflex camera or a cinematograph) by means of a load board and which is electronically stabilized in response to its position, and a handheld portion 11 connected to the electronic stabilization device. Specifically, the electronic stability augmentation device comprises a three-axis holder capable of augmenting the stability of the shooting device in three directions of pitching, rolling and course by means of a plurality of stability augmentation motors, wherein the three-axis holder comprises three stability augmentation motors, namely a pitching motor capable of rotating along a pitching axis, a rolling motor capable of rotating along a rolling axis and a course motor capable of rotating along a course axis. The attitude information of the shooting device can be acquired by means of an attitude acquisition unit (such as but not limited to an IMU or a gyroscope) arranged on a load board or fixedly connected to the shooting device, the attitude information is calculated by means of a control unit to obtain the attitude change of the shooting device in the space, and control signals transmitted to the pitching motor, the rolling motor and the heading motor correspondingly are obtained according to the attitude change and are made to act correspondingly to keep the shooting device at a determined position in the space. Since the operation of the three-axis pan/tilt head is not the gist of the present invention and the control manner thereof is well known to those skilled in the art, it will not be described herein. Although the electronic stability enhancement device according to the invention is described herein in terms of a three-axis head, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the use of a two-axis head is also possible.

As shown in fig. 1A and 1B, as a preferred aspect of the present invention, the handheld portion 11 of the handheld electronic stabilizer 10 preferably includes a longitudinal axis A1 proximate to a first end connected to the electronic stabilizer and a second end remote from the electronic stabilizer and extending in a longitudinal direction (L direction in fig. 1A to 2B) between the first end and the second end, wherein a display facilitating a user to know the performance of the handheld stabilizer and an operation member for interacting with the user may be disposed near the first end. Further, a base portion 12 connected to the second end of the hand-held portion 11 is included, wherein the base portion 12 is, for example, designed substantially in the shape of a truncated cone and the body thereof is oriented at an angle in the range of, for example, about 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis A1 of the hand-held portion 11. In fig. 1A and 1B, for example, the design is 90 degrees.

In order to use the hand-held stabilizer in various mirror movements, the hand-held stabilizer further comprises a grip assembly 20 detachably connected to the base part 12, wherein the grip assembly 20 is connected to the base part 12, for example, in a pivot manner, so that the grip assembly 20 is telescopic and the angle thereof with respect to the base part 12 of the hand-held electronic stabilizer is adjustable, which allows a user to operate the hand-held stabilizer in a hand-held mode. As a preferred way, as better shown here in fig. 1A to 2B, wherein the hand-held portion 11 and the base portion 12 are designed as one piece (i.e. both the hand-held portion 11 and the base portion 12 are integrally formed and serve as a housing part for the hand-held stabilizer), it is possible to reduce the number of parts and to simplify the assembly process.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1A to 2B, the handle assembly 20 includes a handle fixture 24 detachably fixedly connected to the base portion 12, wherein the handle fixture may be, for example, a fixture block detachably fixed to one side of the base portion 12 by means of a locking screw. As better shown in fig. 4, the gripping fastener 24 may be a generally rounded square, wherein a first side surface abutting the base portion 12 is provided on a side of the square abutting the base portion 12, and may be, for example, a toothed disk, wherein a locking screw may be threaded through the gripping fastener 24 from an opposite side of the first side surface to removably secure the gripping fastener 24 to the base portion 12. Further, a second side adjacent to the first side is provided with a surface, here also a toothed disk, for example, which is connected to a gripping connection 23 described in more detail below.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, the handle assembly 20 further includes a handle link 23 pivotably connected to a second side of the handle holder 24 and detachably connecting the connecting bar 22 and the handle portion 21 with a longitudinal axis. As an example, the connecting rod 22 can be a telescopic rod with an approximately 90 ° arc, wherein one end of the connecting rod 22 close to the grip connection 23 is inserted into the grip connection 23 and is accommodated in a fixedly immovable manner in the grip connection 23 by means of an adjusting means 25, here for example a screw. In contrast, the grip connection element 23 is detachably connected at one end, for example, by screwing, with a grip portion 21, wherein the grip portion 21 can also be a telescopic rod with a longitudinal axis A2, wherein the grip portion 21 is coated with an anti-slip coating or patterned on its outer circumference to increase the friction force of the user when gripping the grip portion 21. It should be noted that although the connecting rod 22 and the grip portion 21 are designed as a two-piece assembly, it is also contemplated by those skilled in the art that designing both as a single piece reduces the number of parts and simplifies the assembly process.

As is shown in fig. 4, the adjusting element 25 is, for example, threaded through the handle connecting element 23 (and also through the connecting element 22 here) and screwed into a threaded hole provided in the second side of the handle fastening element 24. By means of the rotation of the adjusting element 25 itself, it can be rotated in (corresponding to the locking position) or out (corresponding to the release position) relative to the threaded hole. In this way, the gripping connection 23 can be fixed relative to the gripping fastener 24 in the screwed-in locked position and the gripping connection 23 can be disengaged and thus rotated relative to the gripping fastener 24 in the unscrewed release position, since the gripping connection 23 can be engaged to the gripping fastener 24, for example by means of a toothed disk. Here, the disengagement of the grip attachment 23 from the grip attachment 24 means that the engagement between the two due to the abutment is reversibly released, thereby allowing the relative movement between the grip attachment 23 and the grip attachment 24. As a result, the handle attachment 23 can pivot and remain in a plurality of positions relative to the handle mount 24, thereby allowing a user to grip the stabilizer 10 by means of the handle assembly 20 in at least a plurality of use configurations, including a two-handed configuration and a carafe configuration, as will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1A-3.

In fig. 1A and 1B, an example of the grip assembly 20 in a double-handed configuration is shown, in which the grip link 23 is pivoted relative to the grip holder 24 to such an extent that the longitudinal axis A1 of the grip portion 11 and the longitudinal axis A2 of the grip portion 21 are spaced apart in parallel in the transverse direction of the hand-held stabilizer (direction H in fig. 1A to 2B), as shown in fig. 1A to 1B and fig. 4, due to the design of the link rod 22 and the grip portion 21, when the grip portion 21 is at a distance substantially parallel to the grip portion 11 and in a preferably substantially longitudinally flush position, which allows the user to hold the hand-held stabilizer with the camera device in a comfortable position with both hands in a lifted or held manner without feeling hard or tired (even in the case of long-time operation). This is very advantageous for a user in a situation where a lift is required to take a high shot or to move the mirror.

In use, if a user needs to quickly switch from a high-position mirror to a low-position mirror (which is a common requirement in outdoor sport photography), it is desirable that the user can switch to the carafe configuration as easily and quickly as possible. To this end, the present invention allows a user to be able to operate with a single hand and meet this requirement without adding additional accessories. Specifically, the user only needs to screw the adjusting member 25 with one hand to screw it out of the screw hole in the grip fixing member 24, which allows the grip connecting member 23 to be easily disengaged from the grip fixing member 24 and thus allows the grip connecting member 23 to pivot with respect to the grip fixing member 24. Specifically, as best shown in fig. 3, the grip attachment 23 is pivoted by an angle of approximately 120 degrees in the direction of the counterclockwise arrow in fig. 3 from an initial position previously spaced apart in parallel with respect to the hand-held portion 11 until the grip attachment 23 is pivoted with respect to the grip fixing 24 such that the longitudinal axis A1 of the hand-held portion 11 and the longitudinal axis A2 of the grip portion 21 are substantially coincident in the transverse direction H of the hand-held stabilizer, as best shown in fig. 5A to 6B.

As best shown in fig. 5A to 6B, the adjusting member 25 is preferably arranged such that it faces the ground, which allows the user to easily find the adjusting member 25 and make pivotal adjustments in one-handed operation, further causing the adjusting member 25 to face the ground also avoids undesirably increasing the footprint of the hand-held stabilizer, which is advantageous for storage and use of the hand-held stabilizer in a small space. Preferably, in order to ensure that the grip link 23 is reliably disconnected from the grip holder 24 when the adjusting piece 25 is unscrewed from the grip holder 24, an elastic piece is provided between the end of the adjusting piece 25 and the locking hole, so that the grip link 23 is biased away from the grip holder 24 by the elastic potential energy of the elastic piece. Further, as best shown in fig. 2A-2B, the handle portion 21 includes a connecting end connected to the connecting bar and a free end remote from the connecting bar, wherein the free end of the handle portion 21 is capable of extending beyond the handle portion 11 in a generally longitudinal direction in the carafe configuration. Due to such a design, the specific gravity and arrangement of the components of the handheld electronic stabilizer can be reasonably distributed, and the user can not generate obvious static moment obviously perceived by the user under various holding modes. This allows the user to easily operate a heavy or even overweight camera without the user's negative experience of heavy burden and arm fatigue, while at the same time allowing the user to perform a stable mirror-moving in a single hand-held manner, which is highly desirable for the user.

Preferably, in order to avoid an uncontrolled pivoting of the grip link 23 relative to the grip fastener 24 when the adjusting means 25 is in the release position, as is best shown in fig. 4, the grip assembly 20 is here also provided with a stopper pin 26 of the grip link 23, wherein the stopper pin 26 is arranged adjacent to the base part 12. Correspondingly, the holder attachment 24 is provided with a recess which can cooperate with the stopper pin 26, wherein the recess optionally forms a rotational path which allows the stopper pin 26 to move during pivoting of the holder attachment 23 relative to the holder attachment 24, whereby the closed ends of the recess constitute rotational stops for the holder attachment 23 with the stopper pin 26. By this design, pivoting of the bail link 23 relative to the bail mount 24 beyond the bail configuration shown in fig. 2A-3 is prevented. Of course, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the arrangement of the stopper pin 26 on the handle-connecting piece 23 is only an alternative implementation, and it is also possible to swivel it on the handle-fixing piece 24 and to cooperate with a groove provided on the handle-connecting piece 23. Further, the limit pin 26 is designed with a certain elasticity or with an elastic element, which avoids a user-perceptible impact at the rotation stop.

More preferably, in order to provide a certain degree of damping during pivoting of the grip link 23 relative to the grip holder 24, a gasket 27 made of, for example, resin or rubber may be provided between the grip link 23 and the grip holder 24, whereby even after the user unscrews the adjustment member 25, uncontrolled swinging of the grip link 23 relative to the grip holder 24 does not occur without the user exerting a significant force, which ensures that good picture quality can be maintained during moving the mirror.

In fig. 8-9, another embodiment of a handle attachment and a handle attachment for use in the handle assembly 20 of the present invention is shown, which differs from the handle assembly 20 of fig. 1-7 primarily in that, alternatively or additionally, there is optionally also provided a stop mechanism disposed between the handle attachment 23 and the handle attachment 24, where the stop mechanism is configured to limit the range of pivoting angles of the handle attachment relative to the handle attachment.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 8-9, the spacing mechanism includes: a limit groove 23A provided in the grip connecting member 23 and extending along the circumferential direction thereof; and a rotating piece 24A fixedly arranged in the handle fixing piece 24, wherein the rotating piece 24A is provided with a stop protrusion 24B extending into the limiting groove 23A. The rotary part 24A is designed here as a cylinder projecting outwards from the body of the grip holder 24, which can serve as a pivot axis, and the grip holder 23 can be rotated relative to the grip holder 24 by means of a form-fitting insertion of the rotary part 24A into the grip holder 23. As shown in the figure, a threaded hole through which an adjusting piece 25 with a screw piece 25A (here, a wrench) is passed is provided in the rotating piece 24A, wherein an elastic piece 25D for biasing the grip connecting piece 23 away from the grip fixing piece is provided between a distal end portion of the adjusting piece 25 and the rotating piece 24A.

As is best shown in fig. 9, the limiting groove 23A can be defined by means of an angularly extending annular stop projection 23B provided in the grip connection 23, wherein the annular stop projection 23B extends over an angle of approximately 120 °, i.e. the limiting groove 23A extends over an angle of approximately 240 °. Further, a disengaging portion 23C, which is a boss protruding outward from the bottom surface of the stopper groove 23A by a certain height, is further provided in the stopper groove 23A in a protruding manner, wherein a guide slope 23D for achieving a smooth transition is provided on both sides of the boss extending substantially along the circumferential direction by an angle of about 90 degrees. As a result, the stopper groove 23A is divided into approximately equal two parts by the joint portion 23C in the center, wherein the stopper projection 24B in the grip holder 24 is optionally insertable into either of the two parts of the stopper groove 23A when the grip assembly 20 is assembled.

In use, due to the fact that the handle connecting piece 23 is provided with the stopping boss 23B and the handle fixing piece 24 is provided with the stopping protrusion 24B matched with the stopping boss 23B, the stopping protrusion 24B is limited within a certain angle range, and when the handle connecting piece 23 rotates around the adjusting piece 25, the rotation angle can be limited. Further, due to the provision of the disengaging portion 23C, in the range of the angle in which the handle connecting member 23 pivots corresponding to the handle fixing member 24, the stopping protrusion 24B pivots to abut against any one of the guiding inclined surfaces 23D on both sides of the disengaging portion 23C, and the stopping protrusion 24B slides up from the bottom surface of the stopper groove 23A to the top surface of the disengaging portion 23C along the guiding inclined surface 23D, which forcibly displaces and disengages the handle connecting member 23 and the handle fixing member 24 along the axial direction of the adjusting member 25, that is, the engaging relationship between the handle connecting member 23 and the handle fixing member 24 due to the abutment is released. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the disengagement section 23C divides the retaining slot 23A in the handle link 23 into two generally equivalent recesses which, when the stop lugs 24B are respectively engaged therein, correspond exactly to the two positions of the handle assembly 20 when rotated into the dual-handed or carafe configuration, wherein the handle link 23 and the handle mount 24 are locked, for example, by engagement of the crown flanks of the toothed discs therebetween, such that tightening of the screw 25A locks the handle assembly 20. When unlocking, the screw 25A is unscrewed, the grip attachment 23 is rotated, the stopper projection 24B on the grip attachment 24 slides from a groove where it has been positioned to the top of the disengagement section 23C by means of the guide slope 23D and compresses the elastic member 25D, thereby forcibly pulling apart the opposing crown teeth between the grip attachment 23 and the grip attachment 24, which design avoids wear of the crown teeth during rotation and reliably achieves angular position limitation and pivotal positioning of the grip assembly 20.

Therefore, the utility model provides a but handheld stabilizer's handle subassembly pivot ground is connected to the base portion that is located handheld portion lower extreme of handheld stabilizer to can allow the handle subassembly to rotate around the handle mounting of the base portion of fixed connection to stabilizer via pivotable handle connecting piece, and lock the kettle form of holding the form or constituting the one-hand and holding the structure in both hands. In actual use, a user only needs to unscrew with one hand to complete the operation of the form conversion of the holding assembly. Namely, the utility model discloses can satisfy and realize the simple switching of multiple handheld form under the prerequisite that does not increase the accessory. Further, add the basis the utility model discloses a carry and hold the subassembly can be convenient for the heavier camera of operational load and be convenient for accomodate, the scene that can be suitable for is also more.

While the invention has been described in detail in connection with only a limited number of embodiments, it should be readily understood that the invention is not limited to such disclosed embodiments. Rather, the invention can be modified by incorporating any number of variations, alterations, substitutions or equivalent arrangements not heretofore described, but which are commensurate with the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, while various embodiments of the invention have been described, it is to be understood that aspects of the invention may include only some of the embodiments. Accordingly, the invention is not to be seen as limited by the foregoing description, but is only limited by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A handle assembly for a hand-held stabilizer, wherein the hand-held stabilizer includes a hand-held portion having a longitudinal axis, a stability augmentation device coupled to the hand-held portion, and a base portion located at a lower end of the hand-held portion, the handle assembly comprising:

a grip holder fixedly connected to the base part;

a grip link pivotably connected to the grip mount and connected to a connecting rod and a grip portion with a longitudinal axis;

wherein the handle link is pivotable and retainable in a plurality of positions relative to the handle mount such that the handle assembly has at least a plurality of use configurations including a two-handed configuration and a carafe configuration, wherein in the two-handed configuration the handle link is pivoted relative to the handle mount such that a longitudinal axis of the handle portion is spaced parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion in a transverse direction of the hand stabilizer; in the jug configuration, the handle link is pivoted relative to the handle mount such that the longitudinal axis of the handle portion and the longitudinal axis of the handle portion are substantially coincident in a transverse direction of the hand stabilizer.

2. The handle assembly of claim 1, further comprising an adjustment member disposed through the handle link and coupled to the handle mount, wherein the adjustment member is configured to be actuatable via rotation thereof between a locked position allowing the handle link to pivot relative to the handle mount and an unlocked position securing the handle link relative to the handle mount.

3. The handle assembly of claim 1, wherein the handle portion includes a connecting end connected to the connecting bar and a free end remote from the connecting bar, wherein the handle portion is configured such that the free end thereof can extend beyond the handle portion in a generally longitudinal direction when the carafe is in the carafe configuration.

4. The handle assembly of claim 1, wherein the connecting bar and the handle portion are designed as one piece.

5. The handle assembly of claim 1, wherein the hand-held portion and the base portion are designed as a single piece.

6. The handle assembly of claim 1, further comprising a limiting mechanism disposed between the handle link and the handle mount, configured to limit a range of pivot angles of the handle link relative to the handle mount, comprising:

a limiting groove provided in either one of the handle connecting member and the handle fixing member and extending in a circumferential direction thereof;

and the rotating piece is fixedly arranged on the other one of the lifting connecting piece and the lifting fixing piece and is provided with a stopping protrusion extending into the limiting groove.

7. The handle assembly of claim 6, further comprising a disengagement portion that is convexly disposed within a retaining groove, wherein both the handle connector and the handle holder are disengaged via the action of the disengagement portion and the stop protrusion when the stop protrusion pivots past the disengagement portion.

8. The handle assembly of claim 2, wherein the adjustment member comprises a threaded member that mates with a threaded aperture in the handle fixture, wherein the adjustment member is in a release position when the threaded member is rotated out of the threaded aperture.

9. The handle assembly of claim 1, further comprising a restraint pin disposed on the handle link, wherein the restraint pin is disposed adjacent the base portion to prevent pivoting of the handle link relative to the handle mount beyond a carafe configuration.

10. A hand-held stabilizer comprising a hand-held portion with a longitudinal axis, a stabilizing device connected to the hand-held portion and a base portion at a lower end of the hand-held portion, characterized by further comprising a handle assembly detachably connected to the base portion, wherein the handle assembly is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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