JP2526097Y2 - Handy shooting tripod - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention can stably fix a video camera or camera attached to a camera platform via a tripod when shooting an object using the video camera or camera, and is easy to handle and portable. The present invention relates to a handy type tripod having good performance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When photographing a subject using a video camera or a camera, a hand-held type tripod for photographing is often used. When a video camera or a camera is attached to this handy type tripod for use, the subject can be photographed favorably in a stable posture. Further, since the hand-held type tripod for photography is formed small and lightweight, it is easy to carry and is carried with the camera regardless of whether it is indoors or outdoors.

In particular, in recent years, video cameras have been actively used, and there has been a demand for a handy-type shooting tripod applicable to this type of camera.

[0004]

By the way, the size and weight of the video camera have been reduced and the tripod mounting screw hole provided at the bottom of the camera is not always located almost at the center of the bottom of the camera. When screwed into the mounting screw provided in the above, the balance becomes unstable as a whole, and there is a demand for a stable hand-held shooting tripod.

[0005] In addition, when the portable handheld type tripod is mounted on a video camera, there are problems such as the legs becoming an obstacle and an unexpected load being applied to the mounting screws.

Further, there is a demand for a handy-type shooting tripod provided with an accessory shoe for attaching an external microphone or a video light for illumination, which is a part of accessories of a video camera.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a first invention is to provide a video camera or a first rotating shaft at one end of a camera platform to which the camera is attached.
Rotatably provided in the direction approaching the back surface of the head section
A center leg, and a second pivot shaft on both sides of the center leg.
A pair that is allowed to rotate in the direction away from the head
And the central leg is the head section
The central leg and the pair of legs
Part is folded into the shape of a flat plate on the back of the head and stored.
So that Te handy type for photography tripod smell that you configured, the
The length of the central leg is longer than the length of the pair of legs.
And a stone butt at the tip of the central leg is inverted T-shaped
When each leg is folded into a flat plate
The pair of legs inwardly from the butt of the central leg.
This is a handy-type tripod for photography, which is configured to be stored . According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a handy-type shooting tripod according to claim 1 , wherein
Accessories to attach camera or accessories of the camera
A hand-held type tripod for photographing, wherein a shoe part is provided so as to be freely opened .

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a handy type tripod according to the present invention; FIG.

The technical background of the handy type tripod according to the present invention is that the length of the central leg which forms a part of the tripod is determined.
Longer form than the length of the pair of legs, and as close to the center leg to the pan head portion fixed stably installed video cameras or camera, inverted T-a ferrule portion at the distal end of the central leg Left and right
The video camera or camera attached to the camera platform can be fixed and installed stably. The tripod can be fixed and installed as its original function.
When expanded to 0 degrees, the other legs can be arranged in parallel with the central leg to form a nearly flat hand grip. Equipped with an accessory shoe for attaching accessories, easy to carry In order to achieve this, each leg and accessory shoe are configured to be folded and stored.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining the structure of a handy type tripod according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a handy type tripod 1 according to the present invention includes a camera platform 2 for fixing a video camera or a camera (hereinafter, referred to as a video camera), and the camera platform 2.
A substantially flat central leg 8 which is rotatably supported and is part of a tripod, and which is rotatably supported by the central leg 8;
And substantially plate-shaped legs 11, 12 which are part of a tripod,
It is mainly composed of an accessory shoe 17 which is rotatably supported by the camera platform 2 and which fixes an accessory of the video camera. These main components 2, 8, 11,
Reference numerals 12 and 17 are formed small and light using an aluminum die-cast member or the like.

The head 2 is integrally formed in an "L" shape with a protruding portion 2b which is connected to a flat upper surface 2a and protrudes downward to the left in the figure. A rubber member 3 for non-slip is adhered to the upper surface 2a. Moreover, for nearly the center portion are drilled elliptical hole 2a ₁ elongated, mounting screw 5 and the video camera position regulation for the video camera attached to the elliptical hole 2a ₁ which is fixed to the plate 4 of the upper surface 2a Are provided so as to be adjusted to an appropriate position by a sliding position adjusting mechanism (not shown). Thus, different types of video cameras can be mounted on the camera platform 2.

A first rotating shaft 7 (hereinafter, referred to as a shaft 7) is pivotally mounted on the projecting portion 2b of the camera platform 2, and the shaft 7 projects on both sides of the projecting portion 2b.

Also, on both sides of the projected shaft 7,
"Y-shaped flat" shaped central leg 8 is journalled rotatably in the arrow A ₁ direction around the Shaft 7. When rotating the center leg 8 in the arrow A ₁ direction, the tip end of the center leg 8 is toward the rear surface 2e side of the camera platform unit 2. Although the central leg 8 can be rotated in the arrow A ₁ direction, an arrow from the illustrated position state projecting distal portion 8a ₁ of the Y-shaped portion 8a of the central leg portion 8 comes into contact with the end surface portion 2c of the camera platform 2 and restricting the rotation of the a ₂ direction, and thereby become the center leg 8 can expansion over an angular range of approximately 90 degrees to the left downward relative to the rear surface 2e of the camera platform 2 . In particular, in the state in which the protrusion tips 8a ₁ is in contact with the end surface portion 2c, the middle leg portion 8 with respect to the camera platform unit 2 can be maintained in a state of suspended at the lower pan head portion 2 at an angle of approximately 90 degrees .

A "reverse T-shaped" stone butt 9 is fixed to a tip 8b of the center leg 8 opposite to the Y-shaped portion 8a. In the following description, “stone thrust” is a unique name of a tripod, and generally refers to a tip of a leg installed on a mounting table (not shown). In the embodiment, the stone bump 9 is formed using a resin material or a hard rubber material. Projections 9a and 9b are formed on both sides of the stone protrusion 9 so as to protrude right and left in an " inverted T-shape ", and form an " inverted T-shaped stone protrusion" having a substantially flat bottom surface. This " reverse T
The character-shaped butt portion has a function of increasing the stability of installation when fixedly installed on a mounting table (not shown).
Here, the ram 9 is fixed as a separate member from the center leg 8, but may be formed integrally with the center leg 8 in the same shape. Further, the shape of the ram 9 may be triangular. It may be formed in a trapezoid shape or the like.

Furthermore, in order to fix the desired angle arrow A ₁ direction rotatable central leg 8 with respect to the camera platform unit 2, the rotation restricting lever 10 is provided at one end of the shaft 7 projecting ing. As a result, the center leg 8 can be fixedly set at a desired angle with respect to the platform 2 within a range of 90 degrees.

A pair of substantially flat plate-like legs 11 and 12 are provided on the tapered surface portions 8a _{2 '} 8a ₃ on both sides below the Y-shaped portion 8a of the central leg 8 with the second rotating shafts 13 and 14. (hereinafter, referred to as the fixing screw 13, 14) are independently rotatably journalled in the arrow a ₂ direction around the. The legs 11 and 12 are formed symmetrically with the center leg 8 interposed therebetween, and stone protruding portions 15 and 16 whose bottom surfaces are formed substantially flat are fixed to the ends. These stone bumps 15, 16
Similarly, the leg portions 11 and 12 may be formed in the same shape as the stone protruding portion 9 as described above. Although legs 11, 12 is adapted to be expanded outwardly oblique directions of the arrow A ₂ direction opposite to the rotation direction of the central leg portion 8, the leg portion 1
The rams 15 and 16 on the sides 1 and 12 abut against the abutting portion 9c of the ram 9 on the side of the central leg 8 and the arrow A is moved from the illustrated position.
_It restricts rotation in _one direction. And the legs 11, 12
Arrow A ₂ direction of rotation is rotated merely by the central leg 8 into rotation reference, although in a direction away from the camera platform unit 2 is rotatable, the pan head unit 2 over the center leg 8 Cannot be rotated in the direction approaching the center leg 8, and naturally rotates in the opposite direction to the rotation direction of the center leg 8. And the legs 11, 1
The rams 15 and 16 on the two sides are the ram 9 on the center leg 8 side.
In the state where the abutment portion 9c and restricts the arrow A ₁ direction rotating from contact with the position shown state, i.e., the legs 11,
Unless flares 12 in the arrow _{A 2} direction, the legs 11, 12
Are integrated with the central leg 8 and arranged in three rows substantially parallel to the central leg 8. At this time, each of the legs 8, 11, and 12 can have a function as a hand grip described later. Further, when the leg portions 8, 11 and 12 were formed handgrip, combined with each leg 8, 11 and 12 are formed on Habasunkata method M just can hold in the palm, and the leg The portions of the parts 11 and 12 which are gripped by the palm are formed in a rounded streamline shape, but illustration of the streamline shape is omitted. Further, the legs 11 and 12 also becomes rotatable in the arrow A ₁ direction together with the central leg 8.

The legs 11, 12 are provided with a video camera 21.
(Fig. 3) Fixing screws 1
A disc spring member or the like (not shown) is fitted between the first and third plates 3 and 14 so that the opening can be expanded in a hard fitting state.

The central leg 8 and the pair of legs 11 and 12 constitute a so-called tripod function.
Since the legs 8, 11, and 12 are arranged at the left end of the camera platform 2 in the drawing, the weight of the video camera 21 (FIG. 3) fixed to the camera platform 2 is reliably supported. be so, the length L ₁ of the central leg portion 8 is formed longer than the length L ₂ of the other leg 11, 12. That is, the length L ₁ of the central leg 8
Is the distance from the axis of the shaft 7 to the tip of the ram 9, while the length L ₂ of the legs 11, 12 is the distance from the axis of the shaft 7 to the tip of the ram 15, 16. Is the distance to Therefore, each leg 8, 11, 12 is folded into a flat plate shape.
When the legs 11 and 12 are folded, the foot 1 of the central leg 8 is used.
It can be stored inside 5,6. It should be noted that the stone butt 9 of the center leg 8 and the stone butt 15, 15 of the legs 11, 12 are provided.
The above conditions are also applied when 6 is integrally formed with each of the legs 8, 11, and 12. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
When each leg 8, 11, 12 is fixedly installed in three directions,
The center leg 8 can approach the center of gravity of the video camera 21 and can stably support the video camera 21 (FIG. 3).

[0020] Incidentally, when the folding housing operation of each leg 8, 11 and 12 to be described later, the length of the center leg 8 _{L 1} and the leg 1
The length L ₂ of 1, 12 is formed in substantially the same formed to a length, thus the length which is substantially housed in the back surface 2e side of the camera platform portion 2 and the length L ₃ of the camera platform 2 . Further, since the lengths are set as described above, no trouble occurs with respect to the position of the center of gravity of the video camera 21.

Furthermore, the recess 2d ₁ on the front side of the side 2d of the camera platform unit 2, accessory shoe portion 17 for fixing the accessories of the video camera 21 is the third rotation shaft 18 (hereinafter, the fixing screw 18 via the abbreviated) has become rotatable in the arrow B ₁ direction. The accessory shoe part 17 has an accessory shoe member 20 for attaching accessories attached to the upper surface side of the distal end portion 19a of the arm 19 as shown in the figure.
The accessory shoe member 20 is formed by bending a sheet metal into a predetermined standardized shape, so that, for example, an external microphone 22 (FIG. 3) or a video light for illumination, which is an accessory of the video camera 21, can be attached. It has become. Further, a projecting portion 19b projecting downward is formed on the side surface of the tip portion 19a of the arm 19. The projecting portion 19b has a function of being stably installed on a mounting table (not shown) in a state shown in FIG.

Next, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, focusing on the usage state of the handy type tripod 1 having the above-described configuration.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the handy type tripod according to the present invention, in which the legs are fixedly installed in three directions and the accessory shoe is expanded, and FIG. 4A and 4B are a top view and a bottom view for explaining a state in which each leg and accessory shoe are folded and stored, respectively, and FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state which folded and accommodated the leg part, and opened only the accessory shoe part.

[0024] First, rotates from the state shown in FIG. 1 described above the central leg 8 in the arrow A ₁ direction, and the legs 11, 1
Expansion 2 in the arrow _{A 2} direction (rotation), the leg portions 8,1
The stone studs 9, 15, 16 of 1, 12 are fixedly installed on a mounting table (not shown) in three directions, and are in the state shown in FIG.
In FIG. 2, when the legs 8, 11, and 12 are fixedly installed in three directions, the handy-type shooting tripod 1 functions as a so-called tripod, and the video camera attached to the camera platform 2. 21 (shown by a two-dot chain line) can be securely fixed to a mounting table or the like via the handy type tripod 1 for photographing. Therefore, if the subject is photographed by the video camera 21 in this state, a good image can be obtained. Particularly, as described above, the length of the center leg 8 _{L 1} legs 11, 12
Since the is formed longer than the length L _2, also the mounting position of the video camera 21 have been slightly offset on the camera platform unit 2, as described above ferrule portion 9 of the central leg 8 video cameras 21 The camera can be stably fixed in a direction approaching the center of gravity of the camera, so that shooting can be performed without any trouble at the time of shooting.

Next, when the video camera 21 is attached to the camera platform 2 from the state shown in FIG. 1, and the external microphone 22 is attached to the accessory shoe member 20 of the accessory shoe section 17, the state shown in FIG. Become. FIG.
In this case, the central leg portion 8 and the leg portions 11 and 12 are integrally formed in three rows in parallel to function as a substantially flat handgrip. In the figure, the legs 8, 11, and 12 are in a hanging state at a right angle of approximately 90 degrees to the camera platform 2. However, without being limited to this, the legs 11, 12 are not expanded, even only the central leg 8 rotates in the arrow a ₁ direction is set to a desired angle, each leg 8, 11 and 12 functions as a substantially plate-shaped handgrip together. Therefore, the subject can be photographed by the video camera 21 while holding the legs 8, 11, and 12 by hand, and there is a practical advantage that the use range of the tripod 1 for handy photographing can be further expanded.

Further, from the state shown in FIG.
Without expanding the 12, center leg 8 is housed folded until it abuts against the rear surface 2e side of the camera platform portion 2 by rotating the central leg 8 in the arrow A ₁ direction, and accessory shoe portion 17
The Upon receiving folded until it abuts against the side surface 2d of the arrow B ₁ direction by rotating the camera platform unit 2, FIG. 4 (A), the the folded storage state shown in (B). 4A and 4B, the legs 8, 11, 1
2 is parallel to the back surface 2e of the head 2 and each leg 8, 1
Reference numerals 1 and 12 are stored in a substantially flat shape in the back surface 2e of the platform 2. Further, the accessory shoe portion 17 is housed in the side surface 2d and the back surface 2e of the camera platform portion 2, and has a rectangular shape such that the entire handy-type shooting tripod 1 can be held in the palm of the hand. It is easy to carry, and the handy-type shooting tripod 1 becomes compact, which brings a practical advantage that the portable performance of the handy-type shooting tripod 1 is further improved.

Further, from the state shown in FIG.
1,12 without expanding the central leg portion 8 is housed folded until it abuts against the rear surface 2e side of the camera platform portion 2 by rotating the central leg 8 in the arrow A ₁ direction, and accessory shoe portion 17 is in the state shown in FIG. 5 if the expanded state is maintained as it is. In the state shown in FIG. 5, the protruding portion 19b of the expanded arm 19 abuts on a mounting table (not shown),
Further, the legs 8, 11, and 12 (the legs 12 are not shown) on the back surface 2e are also brought into contact with the mounting table. In this case, the video camera 21 (shown by a two-dot chain line) fixed to the camera platform 2 is also used. It can be stably supported.

As described above, the handy-type shooting tripod 1 according to the present invention has a structure that can be adopted not only in the video camera 21 but also in a known camera, and the field of use of the small and lightweight handy-type shooting tripod 1 can be expanded. Things.

[0029] In the handy-type imaging tripod by the above configuration, close to the camera platform unit 2 side rotates the central leg 8 in the arrow A ₁ direction, the pair of legs 11, 12 and the central leg 8 has been configured to rotate in the arrow a ₂ direction opposite closer to the camera platform unit 2 side rotates the leg 11, 12 in opposite to the arrow a ₁ direction to this, the legs of the center leg 8 it is also possible to configure so as to rotate in the arrow a ₂ direction parts 11, 12 opposite. It may be formed the length L ₂ of the legs 11, 12 longer than the length L ₁ of the central leg 8 in this case. Further, also in this configuration, it is possible to form the above-described roughly flat plate-like hand grip.

[0030]

[Devised effect] Oite to handheld shooting tripod according to the present invention described above in detail, according to claim 1, wherein, in particular,
At the tip of the center leg, a sword protruding right and left in an inverted T-shape
As a result, the stone of the central leg is opposed to the pair of legs.
The protruding part can exert the effect of two legs, in other words, all
With the effect equivalent to four legs, when each leg is opened
An inverted T-shaped stone butt formed at the tip of the center leg
Video camera or camera center of gravity attached to the head
Is fixed stably even if is moved left and right, so video
Can reliably support the camera or the weight of the camera
You. Of course, when each leg is closed, a pair of legs
Compact inside because it is housed inside the stone butt
It can be folded into a plate shape. In addition, in claim 2, wherein
Then, accessories such as video cameras are attached to the accessory shoe part
Products such as external microphones or lighting video
Since it will be possible to attach lights etc.,
The user can be pleased with the handheld type tripod
There is a practical advantage that the range of use can be further expanded .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining a configuration of a handy type shooting tripod according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which each leg is fixedly installed in three directions and an accessory shoe is opened in the handy type photographing tripod according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which each leg is used as a hand grip in the handy-type shooting tripod according to the present invention;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are a top view and a bottom view for explaining a state in which each leg and an accessory shoe are folded and stored.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which each leg is folded and stored, and only an accessory shoe is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Handy type tripod, 2 ... Head part, 2e ... Back surface,
Reference numeral 8: central leg, 7: first rotating shaft (shaft), 9: stone butt, 11: leg, 12: leg, 13, 14 ... second rotating shaft (fixing screw), 15 , 16: stone butt, 17: accessory shoe, 19: arm, 20: accessory shoe member, 21: video camera.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A video camera or a camera head to which the camera is attached is connected to one end of the camera head via a first rotating shaft and close to the back surface of the camera head.
A central leg provided rotatably in the direction
Away from the head via the second pivot on both sides of
And a pair of legs that are allowed to move in
At the time, when the center leg rotates to the back side of the camera platform,
The center leg and the pair of legs are attached to the back of the head.
Substantially flat in Te configuration the handheld imaging tripod odor to folded storage, longer shape than the length of the length of the central leg of the pair of legs
And a stone butt at the tip of the center leg is inverted T
Each leg is folded into a flat plate shape
At the same time, the pair of legs is set inside the stone foot of the central leg.
A tripod for handy-type photography, which is configured to be stored in the side . 2. A hand-held type tripod according to claim 1, wherein said video camera or said camera is attached to said camera platform.
The accessory shoe section for attaching accessories can be freely expanded.
Handy for photography tripod, characterized in that digit.