JPH10295423A - Dual-purpose stick for camera support - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attempt for an increased availability by enlarging the utilization of a stick which is used for mountain-climbing or the like. SOLUTION: Hollow shafts 1A, 1B and 1C are fitted in this order forming a stretchable shaft 1, free to adjust its length, one end of which is made to be a gripper 2 with an engaged rubber tube and at the other end of which, a flange 3 and a sticker 4 are installed. On the upper end of the gripper 2, a pan head 7 for mounting a camera by way of a belt 6 is installed. The pan head 7 is composed of a pedestal 8 free to regulate angles for fixing the camera and a base 9 to support the pedestal 8. When mountain-climbing, a stretchable shaft 1 can be utilized as a stick or the sticker 4 can be thrust into the ground, for the stretchable shaft 1 to stand up. Next, a camera is mounted to the pan head 7 and pictures are taken.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a walking stick which is useful mainly for climbing, and more particularly to a walking stick for a camera which can be used as a support for a camera while assisting walking while climbing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, walking sticks used for mountain climbing and the like are formed of a single rod material mainly made of wood, and such a walking stick has a shaft length that can be changed according to the height and place of use of a user. There was inconvenience because I could not do it. In particular, as a walking stick for mountain climbing, if the shaft length is invariable, it cannot adapt to the undulation of the mountain and often feels inconvenience.

For this reason, telescopic walking sticks mainly used for mountain climbing have been put to practical use. In such a stick, hollow shafts of different diameters are fitted in order to make the length adjustable, and the hollow shafts can be fixed to each other with a required length.

[0004] According to this type of walking stick, since the climbing can be carried out lightly with an appropriate length according to the height of the user and the undulation of the mountain, the effect of reducing the fatigue and the use in recent years can be obtained. Is remarkable.

[0005]

However, climbers carry food and cold protection equipment, and most of them climb with heavy equipment such as possessing a camera or a tripod to take pictures of the scenery of the summit. Even when using a walking stick, the burden during climbing is very large.

For this reason, it is possible to reduce the burden of climbing by wearing light clothing, but food and cold protection are indispensable for safely descending, and a camera or other equipment is required for climbers whose main purpose is photography. I want to bring as much of my photography equipment as possible.

Accordingly, the present invention improves a walking stick that has been used only as a walking aid to minimize the personal belongings of a climber whose main purpose is to take a picture so that a high quality image can be taken. It is intended to be.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has an adjustable length telescopic shaft having means for sequentially fitting hollow shafts of different diameters and fixing the hollow shafts to each other. A stick having one end as a grip portion and a stone foot provided at the other end, a pan head having an angle-adjustable pedestal for fixing a camera to an upper end of the grip, and a base for supporting the pedestal. An object of the present invention is to provide a supporting post for a camera, which is provided.

Here, the camera is a photographing machine including a video camera in addition to a photographing machine. According to the present invention, the telescopic shaft can be used as a support during walking by using the grip portion, and the stone foot can be used as the ground. The camera can be used to shoot landscapes with a camera mounted on the camera platform above it.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a walking stick according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a telescopic shaft which forms the main body of the walking stick of the present application.

The hollow shafts 1A to 1C are made of aluminum, its alloys, other lightweight metals, plastics, carbon, or the like, each having a different diameter, and the middle hollow shaft 1B sliding inside the upper hollow shaft 1A. The lower shaft 1C is slidably fitted inside the hollow shaft 1B.

Of these, a rubber tube is fitted to the upper side of the upper hollow shaft 1A to form a grip portion 2, and a flange 3 is fitted to the outer peripheral portion at the lower end of the lower hollow shaft 1C. A stone foot 4 is fitted on the inner periphery. In addition, each hollow shaft 1A
A rubber sleeve 5 is attached to the joint of ~ 1C.

On the other hand, on one end of the telescopic shaft 1, a camera platform 7 to which a camera is attached via a band 6 is fixedly provided at the upper end of the grip portion 2. Here, the camera platform 7 is composed of a pedestal 8 for fixing an angle of the camera and a base 9 for supporting the pedestal.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a part of the telescopic shaft cut away. As is apparent from this figure, a screw shaft 10 is used as a means for fixing the hollow shafts 1A and 1B to each other on the telescopic shaft 1.
And a fastener 11.

The screw shaft 10 is a hollow shaft 1B in the middle stage.
And is screwed into the center of the fastener 11. The fastener 11 is slidably fitted inside the upper hollow shaft 1A, and slides along the axial direction inside the upper hollow shaft 1A together with the middle hollow shaft 1B. I have.

As shown in FIG. 3, a screw hole 12 for screwing the screw shaft 10 is formed in one end of the fastener 11 in the axial direction, and a cruciform shape reaching the screw hole 12 from the other end side. Are formed. Particularly, the screw hole 12 is formed at the center of the split groove 13 and has a tapered tip. Therefore,
By rotating the hollow shafts 1A and 1B relatively in opposite directions, the screw shaft 10
Is screwed into the screw hole 12 of the fastener 11, the fastener 1
Numeral 1 spreads outward at the split groove 13 and is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the hollow shaft 1A, and the hollow shafts 1A and 1B are fixed to each other by the pressing force.

FIG. 2 shows a fitting portion of the hollow shafts 1A and 1B, but a similar fastener is built in the other end of the hollow shaft 1B, and the lower hollow shaft 1C is mounted on the lower shaft 1C. A screw shaft screwed into the fastener protrudes.

Next, FIG. 4 shows the distal end of the telescopic shaft partially cut away. As will be apparent from this figure, the gimbal 4 is composed of a wedge-shaped fitting 14 and a pin 15 made of hard metal or the like fixed to the tip of the fitting. Among them, fitting 1
One end of 4 is fitted inside the lower hollow shaft 1C, and the pin 15 extends from the end thereof in the axial direction of the telescopic shaft.

FIG. 5 shows a cross section of the camera platform fixed above the telescopic shaft. As described above, the camera platform 7 is composed of a pedestal 8 for fixing the camera and an adjustable angle, and a base 9 for supporting the pedestal. As shown in the figure, a screw shaft 16 protrudes from the center of the upper surface of the pedestal 8, and the support shaft 1
A steel ball 18 is fixedly provided via 7. Reference numeral 19 denotes a spherical cap fixed to the base 8 with its screw shaft 16.

On the other hand, the base 9 has an outer diameter substantially equal to that of the upper hollow shaft 1A, and has a slit 20 formed downward from the upper end thereof. In addition, a spherical surface 21 that slidably holds the steel ball 18 about the slit 20 is formed inside the base 9.

The base 9 is fixed via a screw member 23 to a nut 22 fitted on the hollow shaft 1A above the grip portion 2. When the base 9 is fastened to the upper end of the hollow shaft 1A, the band 6 is fixed with a part of the band 6 interposed therebetween.

Here, the base 9 is provided with an operation lever 24 for fixing the pedestal 8 at a desired angle. The operation lever 24 includes a rotation shaft 25 screwed from the outer periphery of the base 9 through the slit 20 to the back side thereof, and an L-shaped knob 26 pivotally attached to one end of the rotation shaft. Usually, the knob 26 is in the state of the solid line shown in FIG.
The pedestal 8 can be pulled out from the notch groove 27 as indicated by an imaginary line when adjusting the angle of the pedestal 8.

When the knob 26 is pulled out and the rotating shaft 25 is rotated to the tightening side, the slit 20 is narrowed and the spherical surface 21 is pressed against the outer periphery of the steel ball 18, thereby restricting the swing of the pedestal 8. I am trying to be.

Here, the stick of the present invention constructed as described above can be used mainly as a walking stick (cane) with the grip 2 mainly for mountain climbing, and the camera C can be used instead of a tripod as shown in FIG. It can also be used as a supporting column.

When used as a walking stick, the length of the telescopic shaft 1 is adjusted, and the hollow shafts 1A to 1C are turned to the required length and fixed in relatively opposite directions. Then, the user grips the grip 2 by passing the hand through the band 6 and walks while pushing the ground with the foot 4. In addition, when used as a walking stick, the cap 19 is attached to the base 8, so that the appearance is not impaired and the safety is improved.

On the other hand, to use it as a camera support,
The foot 4 is pierced into the ground, the telescopic shaft 1 is set upright as shown in FIG. To attach the camera C to the camera platform 7, first remove the cap 19,
The screw shaft 16 of the pedestal is screwed into a screw hole (not shown) formed in the camera C, so that the camera C can be fixed to the pedestal 8.

In this state, the camera C is set at a desired angle, and the pedestal 8 is fixed by the operation lever 24. At this time, the camera C can be manually or remotely operated to photograph a scenery or the like.

As mentioned above, an example of the walking stick according to the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, but the telescopic shaft 1 has three hollow shafts 1A to 1A.
The structure is not limited to C and may be constituted by about 2 to 10 hollow shafts.

As means for fixing the hollow shafts to each other, the screw shaft 10 and the fastener 11 may be used, or a collet may be used instead of the sleeve 5. here,
As is known, the collet has a female screw on the inner circumference, and at this time, a male screw to be screwed to the female screw is formed on the outer circumference of one end of each hollow shaft.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a length-adjustable telescopic shaft having means for sequentially fitting hollow shafts of different diameters and fixing the hollow shafts to each other is provided. It is a walking stick with one end as a grip part and a stone foot at the other end, so that the telescopic shaft can be set to the appropriate length according to the user's height and place of use, and it can be walked easily, and when not in use By shortening the telescopic shaft, portability is improved without worrying about storage space.

Also, since the camera has a pan head for mounting the camera and has both a function as a walking stick and a function as a support for the camera, a tripod is not required when climbing with a photographing tool. The burden of time can be reduced as much as possible. In particular, since the camera platform has a pedestal for fixing the camera, the camera can be easily set to a desired angle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a walking stick according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view showing a part of a telescopic shaft constituting the walking stick in a broken manner.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a fastener incorporated in the telescopic shaft.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a distal end portion of a telescopic shaft.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a camera platform partially broken away.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a usage example of the walking stick according to the present application.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telescopic shaft 1A, 1B, 1C Hollow shaft 2 Grip part 3 Flange 4 Stone foot 5 Sleeve 6 Band 7 Head 8 Base 9 Base 10 Screw shaft 11 Fastener 12 Screw hole 13 Split groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A length-adjustable telescopic shaft having means for sequentially fitting hollow shafts of different diameters and fixing the hollow shafts to each other, one end of which is a grip portion and the other end is a lip. A stick having a base for supporting the camera and an angle-adjustable pedestal for fixing the camera to the upper end of the grip;