KR20100121087A - A handy tripod for a portable device - Google Patents

A handy tripod for a portable device Download PDF

Info

Publication number
KR20100121087A
KR20100121087A KR1020090040063A KR20090040063A KR20100121087A KR 20100121087 A KR20100121087 A KR 20100121087A KR 1020090040063 A KR1020090040063 A KR 1020090040063A KR 20090040063 A KR20090040063 A KR 20090040063A KR 20100121087 A KR20100121087 A KR 20100121087A
Authority
KR
South Korea
Prior art keywords
support
portable device
supports
tripod
section
Prior art date
Application number
KR1020090040063A
Other languages
Korean (ko)
Inventor
박정현
Original Assignee
(주)제이엔러너스
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by (주)제이엔러너스 filed Critical (주)제이엔러너스
Priority to KR1020090040063A priority Critical patent/KR20100121087A/en
Publication of KR20100121087A publication Critical patent/KR20100121087A/en

Links

Images

Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/04—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/20—Undercarriages with or without wheels
    • F16M11/24—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other
    • F16M11/26—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other by telescoping, with or without folding
    • F16M11/32—Undercarriages for supports with three or more telescoping legs
    • F16M11/34—Members limiting spreading of legs, e.g. "umbrella legs"
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M13/00—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
    • F16M13/02—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
    • F16M13/022—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle repositionable
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/56—Accessories
    • G03B17/561—Support related camera accessories

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mini tripod of a portable device, specifically, the body, provided on the upper side of the body, a fastening part to be fastened with the portable device to fix the portable device, and three rotatably installed on the body, respectively Including a support, the support may be configured to form a rod member that is joined to each other and fixedly connected to the body.

In the case of the present invention, it is easy to carry and store in a concise configuration, it is possible to minimize the damage to the support when carrying or storage, it can have the effect of improving the appearance.

Description

Mini tripod for mobile devices {A HANDY TRIPOD FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a mini tripod of a portable device, and more particularly, to a mini tripod of a portable device that can be easily connected as an accessory by connecting to a portable device such as a portable camera, a mobile phone or a PDA equipped with a camera function. .

Recently, the functions of portable devices have become more diverse and powerful. In the case of portable digital cameras, the number of users is increasing rapidly due to the improvement of product performance, and personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable personal information devices, continue to be developed by providing various services linked with the Internet as well as personal information management. . Mobile phones have also generally started as a means for voice communication, but nowadays mobile phones have generally started as means for voice communication, but nowadays, Internet access, TV, mp3 player, camera functions, etc. Its inherent functionality makes it a powerful necessity.

As portable devices have evolved to play a role as multifunction devices, most portable devices are frequently equipped with functions for image capturing or image reproducing. However, when performing such a function, it may be required to perform video recording or playback while maintaining a predetermined posture on the ground. Accordingly, an accessory that can be carried with a portable device while performing such a function is required. .

However, the conventional tripod has been made in accordance with the camera, due to its size has a problem that it is difficult to carry, except in special cases, such as travel, there was a limit in designing the appearance as an accessory beautifully.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a mini tripod of a portable device that is easy to carry in terms of size and shape, and can fix the portable device on the ground.

The object of the present invention described above is provided on the body, the upper side of the body, and is fastened with the portable device, including a fixing portion for fixing the portable device, and three supports are respectively installed rotatably on the body, the support May be configured to coalesce with each other to form one rod member fixedly connected to the body.

Here, the support is rotated in different directions to support the body so as to maintain the standing posture on the ground, and is preferably configured to form one bar member by closely coupling with the adjacent support when coalescing.

In this case, at least one or more of the three supports may be provided with a magnetic material to maintain a state of coalescing with the adjacent support by the magnetic force of the magnetic material.

Alternatively, each of the supports may be maintained in a state of being coalesced with the adjacent supports by using the concave-convex structure formed on the joint surface with the adjacent joint surface.

At this time, two supports of the three supports are hinged to each of the lower ends of the body are rotated in the outward direction, the other support is hinged to the lower center of the body between the two supports It may be configured to rotate in the front-back direction.

At this time, the body is configured to have a rectangular cross section in the horizontal direction, it is preferable that when the three supports are combined to have a horizontal cross section of the rectangular portion corresponding to the body also has a rectangular cross section corresponding to the body.

At this time, the body has three hinge parts formed parallel to the three sides of the rectangular horizontal cross-section, the three support may be connected to the three hinge parts, respectively.

In addition, two supports connected by hinge parts facing each other among the three supports may be tightly coupled to both sides of the other support when coalescing.

On the other hand, the fixing portion is rotatably connected to the neck portion provided on the upper side of the body, the installation angle of the portable device installed in the fixing portion can be controlled according to the inclination angle formed by the fixing portion and the neck portion. .

Furthermore, it further comprises a protective cap for protecting the fixing portion, wherein the horizontal cross section of the protective cap is preferably made of a shape corresponding to the horizontal cross section of the body.

Mini tripod according to the present invention can be easily carried and stored in a concise configuration, it is possible to minimize the damage to the support when carrying or storage, it can have the effect of improving aesthetics.

Hereinafter, a mini tripod for a portable device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, the present invention will be described using a mini tripod for a digital camera, but this is only an example and the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, in addition to a digital camera, it can be used in various portable devices such as a personal mobile device, a PDA, a portable TV, etc. and having an image capturing or image reproducing function.

1 is a perspective view showing a mini tripod for portable devices according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the support of the mini tripod for portable devices of Figure 1 rotated.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the mini tripod for portable devices according to the present embodiment is installed in the body 30, the fixing portion 10 for fixing the portable device on the upper side of the body 30, the lower side of the body It may be configured to include a support portion 40. (In this case, the vertical direction refers to the upper and lower directions of each component when the portable device is installed on the mini tripod and stands on the ground.)

The body 30 corresponds to a central component of the mini tripod, and may serve to connect and install various components such as the fixing part 10 and the support part 40. The body 30 of this embodiment is configured in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is configured to be firmly configured to play a role of transmitting a load of the portable device to the lower side when installing the portable device. Can be.

On the other hand, the fixing unit 10 is selectively fastened with the portable device serves to fix the portable device. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the fixing part 10 may be connected to the upper side of the body 30 so as to transfer the load of the portable device to the body. At this time, the fixing unit 10 may be configured to include a fastener 11 fastened to the portable device and a protective cap 12 for protecting the same, which will be described in detail below.

On the other hand, the support 40 is connected to the lower side of the body (30). In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the support part may be configured in a single bar member shape fixedly connected to the body 30. And, as shown in Figure 2, the support portion 40 can be selectively separated into three supports (41) rotatably installed in the body (30). At this time, the three support 41 can be rotated in different directions, respectively, to support the body 30 to maintain the standing posture on the ground.

At this time, the length of the support 41 is preferably configured to be as short as possible to facilitate carrying. Here, the length of the support 41 may vary depending on the size and weight of the portable device installed on the mini tripod, but is preferably configured in about 5cm to about 15cm in consideration of portability.

On the other hand, in the present invention, as described above, each support 41 is preferably combined with each other to form one bar member fixed from the body 30. As shown in FIG. 2, when the portable device is fastened to support the portable device, the support part 40 is separated and rotated by three support members 41 to maintain the standing state. However, when carrying or storing, the bar can be integrated into a single bar member as shown in FIG. 1, and a concise aesthetic can be configured to faithfully function as an accessory.

As such, the configuration in which each support 41 can be integrated into a single bar member can contribute to the improvement of durability of the mini tripod. When the mini tripod is configured as a functional accessory as in the present invention, the strength of the supporting portion 41 itself and the connection of the rotatable connection are inevitably weak. In this case, when each support 41 is inadvertently stored in an unspecified environment such as a bag or a pocket, each support 41 may be exposed to an external shock while the support or the connection portion of the support may be damaged. . Accordingly, in the present invention, when the mini tripod is carried or stored, each support 41 is in close contact with the adjacent support 41 to form one bar member, and the three supports 41 together resist against external impact. It is possible to prevent damage to the support 41.

At this time, the support portion 40 may be configured using a variety of ways so that each support 41 is in close contact with the adjacent support 41 to maintain a coalesced state.

As an example, the magnetic force of the magnet and the magnetic body may be used to maintain the state in which the respective support members 41 are coupled to each other. That is, at least one of the three supports 41 may be provided with a magnetic material or a magnet, and by using the magnetic force, it is possible to maintain the state of coalescing with the adjacent support. Alternatively, each support 41 may be provided with a concave-convex structure corresponding to each other on a surface in contact with the adjacent support 41, and it is also possible to maintain a state of coalescence by fastening by the concave-convex structure.

In the present embodiment, two supports of the three supports 41 constitute side supports 41b that rotate in an outward direction at both lower ends of the body, and the other support 41 is located at the lower center of the body. It may be composed of a center support (41a) connected to rotate in the front and rear direction between the two support. Therefore, the two side supports (41b) are merged while being tightly coupled to both sides of the center support (41a), it is possible to use the two examples described above so that such a close coupling can be made.

As shown in FIG. 2, the two side supports 41b are provided with protrusions 42b on the joint surface in contact with both sides of the center support 41a, and the protrusions 42b on both sides of the center support 41a. ) May be provided with a receiving groove (42a) that can accommodate. Further, a predetermined magnet is provided in the center support 41a, and both support members 41 may be configured to include a magnetic material at a position corresponding to the magnet. Thus, both side support (41b) is the projection of the inner surface (42b) is fitted into the two receiving grooves (42a) of the center support (41a) is made of the coalescing of each support (41), at this time to each support (41) The coalesced state can be firmly maintained by the magnetic force between the installed magnet and the magnetic body.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the uneven shape and the magnetic force were used to coalesce the three supports 41. However, the present invention is not limited to this as an example, and as described above, it is possible to integrate the respective supports using various methods.

On the other hand, in the present invention, it is preferable that the horizontal cross section of the portion in which the three supports 41 are united is configured in a shape corresponding to the cross section of the body 30. In this case, when the three support 41 is coalesced, the support 40 maintains the shape of a single bar extending from the body 30 to have an aesthetic effect.

In the case of this embodiment, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the body 30 is configured in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and has a rectangular cross section in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the support part 40 may also be configured to have a rectangular cross section corresponding to the body 30 when each support 41 is coalesced.

In this case, the body 30 may have a hinge portion (not shown) formed in parallel with each of the three sides of the rectangular horizontal section. And, each support 41 can be rotatably connected to the three hinge parts. That is, as shown in Figure 2, each hinge portion is formed along both sides and the other side of the bottom of the body. At this time, the two side support (41b) connected to the hinge portion of both sides facing each other, may be closely coupled to both sides of the center support (41a) connected to the hinge portion formed along the remaining one side. At this time, the horizontal cross section of each support 41 may be configured to form a rectangle, the three support 41 horizontal cross section may be configured to form a rectangle of a size corresponding to the horizontal cross section of the body when coalescing.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the horizontal cross-section of the body and the support 40 is configured to form a rectangle, but the present invention is not limited to this, it is obvious that the design can be changed to have a circular or other cross-section.

On the other hand, the fixing part 10 is a component directly connected to the portable device on the upper side of the body 30 as described above, the fastener 11 to which the portable device (D) is fastened and a protective cap 12 for protecting it It is possible to be configured to include).

Here, the fastener 11 may be configured to include a fastener that can be fastened to the portable device (D), the fastener may be configured to be screwed to the bottom of the portable device. In addition, the fastener 11 may be rotatably connected to the neck portion 20 provided on the upper side of the body. Therefore, when the mini tripod is standing in a state in which the mini tripod is engaged with the portable device, as shown in FIG. 3, the mounting direction of the portable device D is changed according to the inclination angle formed by the fastener 11 and the neck portion 20. It is possible to control.

At this time, the connection between the fastener 11 and the neck portion 20 is configured so that a predetermined or more friction force acts along the rotation path, and when the fixture 11 is rotated by a predetermined angle by artificially pressing the pivoted position by the friction force In the inclined angle of the neck portion 20 and the fixture 11 can be configured to be fixed. Alternatively, the neck portion 20 and the fixture 11 may be configured to have a stepped tooth such as a toothed hinge, and the fixture 11 may be rotated in stages to adjust the inclination angle with the neck portion 20. It is possible.

As such, it is possible to control the installation direction of the portable device by controlling the inclination angle of the fixing unit relative to the body, thereby controlling the direction of the lens at the time of image capturing or the direction of the screen display unit at the time of image reproduction.

On the other hand, the protective cap 12 is to protect the fixture 11 during carrying and storage, in the case of the present embodiment may be configured to cover and protect the fixture 11 and the neck portion 20 at the same time. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the protective cap 12 is connected by a band 13 connected to the rear of the body, and the protective cap 12 includes a path through which the band can be selectively pulled out. Can be configured. Therefore, when the portable device is fastened to the fastener 11, the protective cap 12 is released to a position that may not interfere with the fastening state, and when carrying or storage, the fastener 11 and the neck while inserting the band inwards It can be covered to protect the portion 20 at the same time.

In this case, in order to improve aesthetics when carrying or storing, the horizontal cross section of the protective cap is preferably configured to form a rectangular cross section of a shape corresponding to the horizontal cross section of the body.

1 is a perspective view of a mini tripod for a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the support stand of the mini tripod for the portable device of FIG. 1 is rotated,

FIG. 3 is a side view schematically showing how the fixing part rotates in FIG. 1.

Claims (10)

Body; A fixing part provided at an upper side of the body and fastened with the portable device to fix the portable device; And, Including three supports that are rotatably installed on the body, respectively, The support is a mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that to form a bar member is fixed to the body and are coupled to each other. The method of claim 1, wherein the support is The mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that the body is rotated in different directions to support the body so as to maintain the standing posture on the ground, and in close contact with each other adjacent support when forming a single bar member. The method of claim 2, At least one or more of the three supports are provided with a magnetic material, the mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that to maintain a state of coalescence with the adjacent support by the magnetic force of the magnetic material. The method of claim 2, Each supporter is a mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that by using the concave-convex structure formed on the joint surface with the adjacent support to maintain a state of coalescence with the adjacent support. The method of claim 2, Two supports of the three supports are hinged to the lower ends of the body, respectively, to be rotated outward, and the other support is hinged to the lower center of the body to be connected to the front and rear directions between the two supports. Mini tripod of portable equipment, characterized in that rotation is made. The method of claim 2, The body is configured to have a rectangular cross-section in the horizontal direction, and when the three supports are combined, the horizontal cross section of the portion where the three supports are combined also has a horizontal cross section of a rectangular shape corresponding to the body Mini tripod on the device. The method of claim 6, The body has three hinges formed parallel to the three sides of the rectangular horizontal cross-section, the three support is a mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that connected to each of the three hinge parts. The method of claim 7, wherein Two supporters connected by hinge portions facing each other of the three supports are mini tripod of the portable device, characterized in that the close contact is coupled to both sides of the other support when combined. The method of claim 2, The fixing part is rotatably connected to the neck portion provided on the upper side of the body, characterized in that the installation direction of the portable device installed in the fixing part is controlled according to the inclination angle formed by the fixing part and the neck portion Mini tripod on the device. 10. The method of claim 9, The fixing unit further includes a fastener connected to the portable device and a protective cap for protecting the fastener, wherein the horizontal cross section of the protective cap has a shape corresponding to the horizontal cross section of the body. tripod.
KR1020090040063A 2009-05-08 2009-05-08 A handy tripod for a portable device KR20100121087A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020090040063A KR20100121087A (en) 2009-05-08 2009-05-08 A handy tripod for a portable device

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020090040063A KR20100121087A (en) 2009-05-08 2009-05-08 A handy tripod for a portable device

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
KR20100121087A true KR20100121087A (en) 2010-11-17

Family

ID=43406489

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
KR1020090040063A KR20100121087A (en) 2009-05-08 2009-05-08 A handy tripod for a portable device

Country Status (1)

Country Link
KR (1) KR20100121087A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20170081850A (en) * 2016-01-05 2017-07-13 삼성전자주식회사 Tripod for photographing apparatus

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20170081850A (en) * 2016-01-05 2017-07-13 삼성전자주식회사 Tripod for photographing apparatus
US9810974B2 (en) 2016-01-05 2017-11-07 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Tripod for photographing apparatus

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US9402016B1 (en) Electronic device mount
US9345310B2 (en) Multifunctional strap system for handheld portable electronic devices
KR100713495B1 (en) Portable cradle
CN102084315B (en) Holder for electronic device with support
US8944614B2 (en) Protective cover for an electronic device
KR100754586B1 (en) Portable folding type cradle
US8708140B2 (en) Mobile device enclosure system
US8887902B1 (en) Mobile device enclosure system
CN103038722B (en) Carry standoff holder for electronic device
US8333353B1 (en) Compact, portable, temporary mount for portable devices
US8616508B1 (en) Tripod adapter for hand-held mobile media devices
US20130048514A1 (en) Universal case for portable electronic devices
US20140226062A1 (en) Protective cover for an electronic device
KR102005904B1 (en) Smartphone protection case with support function for shooting
US9235230B1 (en) Magnetic stand, mount and cord wrap for mobile devices and accessories
KR200457185Y1 (en) Case for Mobile Handsets having Supporting Structure
GB2486812A (en) Mounting device with a magnifying lens for viewing electronic equipment
KR101472033B1 (en) Cover for portable electronic device
KR20140123837A (en) Appartus for keeping smartphone
KR101281064B1 (en) Cradle for portable terminal
KR20130005502U (en) Protective bag
KR101244983B1 (en) Forearm handheld information devide holder
KR20100121087A (en) A handy tripod for a portable device
KR20120035810A (en) A hand held device protection case clip and standing. and holding apparatus with a tilt function
JP2015046074A (en) Protective cover

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
A201 Request for examination
E902 Notification of reason for refusal
E601 Decision to refuse application