[미국특허]
Portable tripod and universal mounting assembly for an object
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F16M-011/04
F16M-011/02
출원번호
US-0046425
(2005-01-27)
등록번호
US-7290740
(2007-11-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Joy,Gregory T.
Congdon,Jon M.
출원인 / 주소
Joy,Gregory T.
Congdon,Jon M.
대리인 / 주소
Beyer Weaver LLP.
인용정보
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62인용 특허 :
10
초록▼
A universal mounting assembly for quick mounting of an object to a stand device. The mounting assembly includes a body having a support surface, a front face and an opposed mounting surface configured to mount to the support stand. The front face intersects the support surface and defines an opening
A universal mounting assembly for quick mounting of an object to a stand device. The mounting assembly includes a body having a support surface, a front face and an opposed mounting surface configured to mount to the support stand. The front face intersects the support surface and defines an opening into a receiving socket of the body. The body further defines an elongated slot extending along and into the receiving socket from the support surface. The elongated slot having a transverse width dimension smaller than that of the receiving socket, although it is suitable to receive a transverse width dimension of the button device neck portion. The receiving socket is formed and dimensioned for sliding receipt of the transverse width dimension of the head portion therein as the neck portion simultaneously slides along the elongated slot to a dock position. The mounting assembly further includes a resilient retaining arm cantilever disposed in the receiving socket. The retaining arm includes a contact portion movable between a released position and a locked position, locking the head portion to the body when at the dock position in the receiving socket. A manually operable locking wedge moves between an unengaged condition, enabling movement in the retaining arm toward the released position, and an engaged condition, preventing movement of the retaining arm from the locked position toward the released position.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A portable stand assembly for removably securing a camera phone thereto, said camera phone supporting a universal mounting button having neck portion and a head portion, said head portion having a transverse width dimension sufficiently greater than that of the neck portion t
What is claimed is: 1. A portable stand assembly for removably securing a camera phone thereto, said camera phone supporting a universal mounting button having neck portion and a head portion, said head portion having a transverse width dimension sufficiently greater than that of the neck portion to form a retaining shoulder at an interface therebetween, the button neck portion having a proximal end for coupling to the camera phone and a distal end thereof mounted to the head portion, said stand assembly comprising: a portable stand device; a camera mount device including a body having an upper support surface and an opposed mounting cooperatively mounted to the portable stand device in a manner enabling articulation of the mount device, said mount device further including a front face and an opposed rear face, said front face defining an opening into a receiving socket of the body extending longitudinally along said body from said front face toward said rear face, said body further defining an elongated slot extending generally along and into said receiving socket from said upper support surface, said elongated slot having a transverse width dimension less than that of said receiving socket and that of the mounting button head portion, but suitable to slideably receive a transverse width dimension of the neck portion of the mounting button, and said receiving socket being formed and dimensioned for sliding receipt of the transverse width dimension of said head portion as said neck portion slides along the elongated slot to a dock position such that said shoulder portion of the mounting button prevents upward passage of the mounting button through the elongated slot; and a lock assembly selectively engaging the mounting button in a manner causing frictional contact of the shoulder portion against said body to retain and lock the mounting button to the mount device in the dock position. 2. The portable stand assembly according to claim 1, wherein said lock assembly includes: a resilient retaining arm cantilever disposed in said receiving socket, and having a contact portion movable between a released position and a locked position, locking said head portion to the body when at the dock position in the receiving socket; and a locking wedge manually operable between an unengaged condition, enabling movement in the retaining arm toward the released position, and an engaged condition, preventing movement of said retaining arm from the locked position toward the released position. 3. The portable stand assembly according to claim 1, wherein said stand device includes a foldable tripod device. 4. The portable stand assembly according to claim 2, wherein said resilient retaining arm is cantilever mounted to said body in a manner biasing the contact portion toward the locked position. 5. The portable stand assembly according to claim 4, wherein said contact portion includes a retaining nipple upstanding therefrom, and formed for retaining receipt in a hollow in the bottom side of the head portion when the retaining arm is in the locked position. 6. The portable stand assembly according to claim 4, further including: a spring clip resiliently supporting of said retaining arm between the engaged and non-engaged conditions, and mounted to opposed interior side walls of the body that define portions of said receiving socket. 7. The portable stand assembly according to claim 5, wherein said retaining nipple includes a ramped portion facing the opening into said receiving socket, and formed to facilitate sliding movement of the nipple into the button hollow during sliding movement of the head portion toward the docked position. 8. The portable stand assembly according to claim 6, wherein said side walls define opposed guide rails formed and dimensioned for sliding receipt of the edges of said spring clip through said opening into the receiving socket. 9. The portable stand assembly according to claim 7, wherein said locking wedge is configured to engage a bottom side of the retaining arm to prevent movement thereof from the locked position to the released position. 10. The portable stand assembly according to claim 9, wherein said locking wedge includes a threaded post and a thumb nut threadably mounted to the post for axial movement therealong between the engaged and unengaged conditions. 11. The portable stand assembly according to claim 10, wherein said threaded post being mounted to said body such that a distal end thereof extends in a direction toward the bottom side of the retaining arm. 12. The portable stand assembly according to claim 10, wherein a proximal end of the threaded post extends proximally from a bottom mounting surface of the body, and includes a ball joint member formed and dimensioned for mounting engagement to the support stand. 13. The portable stand assembly according to claim 11, wherein a proximal end of the threaded post extends proximally from said opposed mounting surface of the body, and includes a ball joint member formed and dimensioned for mounting engagement to the support stand. 14. A portable stand assembly for removably securing a camera phone thereto, said camera phone containing a universal mounting button having neck portion and a head portion, said head portion having a transverse width dimension greater than that of the neck portion, the button neck portion having a proximal end for coupling to the camera phone and a distal end thereof mounted to the head portion, said stand assembly comprising: a portable stand device; and a camera mount device mounted to the portable stand device in a manner enabling articulation of the mount device, said mount device including a body defining an opening into a receiving socket of the body, said body further defining an elongated slot extending along and into said receiving socket from a support surface, said elongated slot having a transverse width dimension smaller than that of said receiving socket, but suitable to receive a transverse width dimension of the neck portion of the mounting button, and said receiving socket being formed and dimensioned for sliding receipt of the transverse width dimension of said head portion as said neck portion slides along the elongated slot to a dock position; and a lock assembly selectively retaining and locking the mounting button to the mount device in the dock position, and including a resilient retaining arm cantilever disposed in said receiving socket, and having a contact portion movable between a released position and a locked position, locking said head portion to the body when at the dock position in the receiving socket, said contact portion includes a retaining nipple upstanding therefrom, and formed for retaining receipt in a hollow in the bottom side of the head portion of the universal mounting button when the retaining arm is in the locked position, said retaining nipple further includes a ramped portion facing the opening into said receiving socket, and formed to facilitate sliding movement of the nipple into the button hollow during sliding movement of the head portion toward the docked position, said lock assembly further including a locking wedge manually operable between an unengaged condition, enabling movement in the retaining arm toward the released position, and an engaged condition, preventing movement of said retaining arm from the locked position toward the released position. 15. The portable stand assembly according to claim 14, wherein said resilient retaining arm is cantilever mounted to said body in a manner biasing the contact portion toward the locked position. 16. The portable stand assembly according to claim 15, wherein said locking wedge is configured to engage a bottom side of the retaining arm to prevent movement thereof from the locked position to the released position. 17. The portable stand assembly according to claim 15, further including: a spring clip resiliently supporting of said retaining arm between the engaged and non-engaged conditions, and mounted to opposed interior side walls of the body that define portions of said receiving socket. 18. The portable stand assembly according to claim 16, wherein said locking wedge includes a threaded post and a thumb nut threadably mounted to the post for axial movement therealong between the engaged and unengaged conditions. 19. The portable stand assembly according to claim 17, wherein said side walls define opposed guide rails formed and dimensioned for sliding receipt of the edges of said spring clip through said opening into the receiving socket. 20. The portable stand assembly according to claim 18, wherein said threaded post being mounted to said body such that a distal end thereof extends in a direction toward the bottom side of the retaining arm.
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