US2268070A

US2268070A - Gravity grip tripod

Info

Publication number: US2268070A
Application number: US337717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Geisler Howard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-05-28
Filing date: 1940-05-28
Publication date: 1941-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1958-12-30

Description

Dec. 30, 1941-. H, GQSLER 2,268,070

GRAVITY GRIP TRIPOD Filed May 28, 1940 In venior Jilaadad {@zder A ifomey Patented Dec. 30, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE GRAVITY GRIP TRIPOD 3 Howard Geisler, Galena, Kans.

Application May 28, 1940, Serial No. 337,717

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a gravity grip tripod, the general object of the invention being to provide means for automatically locking an object to the tripod when a part of the object is placed on a seat-forming part of the tripod and the legs are spread apart so that gravity causes the parts to firmly grip the object.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinaiter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the tripod showing an object gripped thereby, the object being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the tripod.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view showing the gripping jaw of the Y-shaped leg of the tripod.

In these views, the numeral I indicates a platelike member of elongated form which at its top and adjacent one end thereof is provided with a circular seat-forming part 2 which extends to said adjacent end of the member and the top of the member opposite said end is formed with an undercut jaw forming part 3 of arcuate shape, this jaw forming part extending over a portion of the seat forming part. A Y-shaped leg forming member 4 has its stem 5 provided with an arcuate shaped jaw forming part 6 and said stem is also provided with the perforated and spaced ears I which are spaced below the jaw formingpart 6 and receive between them said end of the plate I with a pivot pin 9 passing through the perforations and through a hole in the plate I so that the Y-shaped leg member is pivotally or hingedly connected with the member I. The limbs of the Y-shaped member forming two of the legs of the tripod and their extremities are sharpened and turned downwardly as shown at ID to engage firmly the surface on which the tripod is placed. The second end of the member I is formed with a hole for receiving the pivot pin II which holds the third leg I2 to the plate and said plate is also provided with a plurality of holes I3 any one of which is to receive the pin I4 which passes through the upper end of the leg I2 so that the inclination of said leg I2 can be adjusted by placing the pin I4 in the desired one of the holes I3. This will act to raise or lower the member I of the tripod. The leg I2 has a forked upper end which embraces the plate I and its lower end is bent and pointed as shown at I5 to properly engage the surface.

Thus it will be seen that by raising the member I to move the jaw member 6 away from the stationary jaw member 3 an object such as that shown at A in dotted lines in Figure 1, can be placed on the seat and then by lowering the member I raising the Y-shaped leg member the object is gripped between the two jaw members and the weight of the object will cause the jaw members to firmly grip the same.

As will be seen the tripod can be easily and quickly engaged with an object or disengaged therefrom and there are no screws or other fastening means to manipulate and the tripodcan be adjusted in height by removing the pin I4 and placing it in another hole I3.

This tripod can be used for various purposes and is useful as a mounting fora machine gun.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the I placed on the seat, a double leg member pivotally connected to the seat carrying member and having a jaw member at the upper portion of its inner end for gripping another part of an object placed on the seat for holding the object on the seat, and another leg member pivoted to the seat carrying member, a plurality of holes in the seat carrying member and a pin passing through the said other leg member and adapted to engage any one of the holes for adjusting the height of the tripod.

2. A supporting member of the class described comprising I a horizontally extending member having an upwardly facing object receiving seat, the said member having a part rising above the plane of the seat with said part having an end wall which slopes upwardly and inwardly from an edge portion of the seat, said sloping wall forming a stationary jaw for gripping a portion of anobject placed on the seat, a leg member pivoted to an end of the horizontal member and the seat extending to said end of the horizontal member, said leg member having a portion overhanging a part of the seat with another portion of the leg member bearing against said end of the horizontal member with the pivotal point located below the seat and another leg member connected with the other end of the horizontal member.

HOWARD GEISLER. I