US20010017339A1 - Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform - Google Patents
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- this present invention is to disclose and claim apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform by attaching a pear shaped ball on the camera base, and placing the ball assembly attached to the camera, in a cradle cup having an 0 ring mounted in a groove on the inside diameter of the cradle cup, and the cradle cup attached to the
- This present invention discloses apparatus and method for mounting a camera on a tripod platform by attaching to the camera a modified ball having a pear or partial oblate spheroid shape, and the assembly of the camera and modified ball with a conical segment part of the ball of pear shape set into a cradle cup attached to a tripod platform, and an O ring mounted in a groove in the inner circumference of the cradle cup, to allow movement of the camera to aim at the desired picture subject.
- An object of this invention is to disclose apparatus for ball and cradle cup camera mount on a tripod platform by mounting a ball having a pear or partial oblate spheroid shape, onto the bottom of a camera, and the ball having a bottom cone segment, opposite the camera mount and attaching a cradle cup of cylindrical shape, and having a diameter greater than the ball diameter to the tripod platform and the assembly of the ball mounted on the camera set on the inside circumference of an O ring, mounted in a groove on the inside circumference of the cradle cup and the cone segment of the ball extending into the cradle cup lower section to allow rotation and tilting of the camera and camera mount ball assembly mounted on the O ring in the cradle cup.
- U.S. Pat. No. 855,149 for ATTACHMENT FOR TRIPOD CAMERA Disclosure is made of adjustable ball and socket mount for a camera mount on a tripod.
- FIG. 1 Plan view of camera mounting ball.
- FIG. 2 Cross section elevational view of camera mounting ball.
- FIG. 3 Plant view of ball cradle cup.
- FIG. 4 Elevational cross section view of ball cradle cup.
- FIG. 5 All set in cradle cup; elevational view.
- FIG. 6 Elevational view of ball tilted setting in cradle cup.
- FIG. 7 Plant view of bottom cone mount.
- FIG. 8 Plant view of bottom cone.
- FIG. 9 Camera and mount ball attached thereto.
- FIG. 10 Clickle cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 11 Camera and mount ball sitting in cradle. cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 12 Camera and mount ball sitting in tilt position in cradle cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 13 Plant view of cradle cup with O ring mounted therein.
- FIG. 14 Elevation view of cross section of cradle cup having a flared top opening with O ring mounted therein.
- FIG. 15 Cross section elevation of camera mount ball resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a flared top opening.
- FIG. 16 Cross section elevation view of camera mount ball in tilted position resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a flared top opening.
- FIG. 17 Cross section elevation view of camera mount ball in tilted position resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a non-flared or straight wall top opening.
- FIG. 18 Elevation cross section view of cradle cup having a non-flared or straight wall top opening
- FIG. 19 Endlarged segment of FIG. 17, showing detail of camera mount ball contact on inside diameter of O ring mounted in cradle cup groove.
- D′ Diameter of cradle cup segment less than D.
- D′′ Diameter greater than D, open entry of cradle. cup.
- D′′′ Inside diameter of O ring.
- This invention is to disclose apparatus for providing stability to a camera for taking pictures for prevention of blurs, or fuzzy pictures.
- the apparatus includes as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 5 , 6 , 9 , 11 , and 12 and further improvement is shown in FIGS. 13, 14, 15 , 16 17 , 18 and 19 showing an O ring 13 mounted in cradle cup groove 14 and the camera mount ball 1 having a pear or oblate spheroid shape with a flat top 5 on the camera mount ball 1 and centered in the flat top 5 , of this camera mount ball 1 is a threaded insert 2 and a base segment bottom cone 3 , shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, as plan views of this bottom cone segment.
- FIG. 9 shows the camera mount ball 1 , and threaded insert 2 on camera mount ball 1 threaded into the camera 7 female threaded opening, which female threaded opening is standard in all cameras for mounting directly on a tripod platform.
- FIG. 9 The assembly of the camera 7 , with the camera mount ball 1 attached to the camera 7 , as shown in FIG. 9 is placed in cradle cup 4 , of cylindrical shape (see FIGS. 5, 6, 11 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 17 with the camera mount ball 1 extending into the cradle cup 4 .
- the cradle cup 4 of cylindrical shape is shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5 , 6 , 10 11 , 12 .
- FIGS. 13, 14, and 18 show O ring 13 mounted in groove 14 in cradle cup 4 .
- FIGS. 14 and 18 cross section elevation view.
- FIG. 4 is elevational cross section view.
- a threaded female insert 6 In the center of the bottom of the cradle cup 4 , is a threaded female insert 6 , for attachment by a threaded screw, of the cradle cup 4 to the platform 8 , of tripod 10 .
- FIGS. 3 and 4 the inside diameters of the cradle cup 4 sections, based on the diameter D of the camera mount ball 1 . see FIG. 2.
- D′ is diameter of cradle cup 4 , lower section 12 less than D, and sets the limit of entry of camera mount ball 1 into the cradle cup 4 .
- D′′ diameter of upper section 11 of cradle cup 4 is greater than diameter D of camera mount ball 1 .
- FIG. 18 showing cradle cup 4 , and O ring 13 mounted in groove 14 of cradle cup 4 , and D′ is diameter of cradle cup inside diameter and D′′′ is the inside diameter of O ring 13 mounted in groove 14 of the cradle cup 4 .
- FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 show flared out top opening of the cradle cup 4 , but on mounting an O ring 13 in the groove 14 of the cradle cup 4 as shown in FIG. 17 obviates the need for the flared out opening of the cradle cup 4 .
- FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 show the tripod 10 , tripod platform 8 , and tripod legs 9 , and further FIGS. 9 and 10 are shown with the camera 7 and camera mount ball 1 attached thereto aligned with the cradle cup 4 , mounted on tripod platform 8 of tripod 10 and FIG. 11 shows the completed assembly of the camera 7 and camera mount ball 1 sitting in cradle cup 4 .
- the camera 7 in tilt position, with camera mount ball 1 attached and the camera mount ball sitting in cradle cup 4 , allows for free rotational movement of the camera 7 and camera mount ball 1 assembly and further the camera-ball assembly can be tilted to aim the camera either up or down.
- the tilt is limited by bottom cone 3 segment of the camera mount ball 1 hitting the inner wall of the cradle cup 4 as shown in FIG. 12, and further this insures the camera 7 camera ball mount 1 assembly against falling out of the cradle cup 4 when in any tilt position.
- the above described apparatus simplifies the rapid removal of the camera from the cradle cup 4 by simply lifting the camera 7 camera mount ball 1 assembly from the cradle, cup 4 without unscrewing any mounting screws or control levers.
- this invention discloses apparatus of a camera mount ball 1 , attached to camera 7 by a threaded screw 2 extending into female thread in the camera bottom and a cradle cup 4 rigidly mounted on a tripod platform 8 and the camera mount ball 1 with a bottom cone section 3 opposite the camera mount on the ball and the camera 7 with camera mount ball 1 attached placed in the cradle cup 4 and the ball extending into the cradle cup 4 having a top diameter D′′ section at the top section 11 of the cradle cup 4 greater than the ball diameter D and the bottom cone section 3 of the ball extending into the cradle cup 4 lower section 12 having a smaller diameter D′ than the ball diameter D to allow rotation and tilting of the camera and camera mount ball assembly.
- the cradle cup 4 mounted on a tripod platform 8 and the cradle cup 4 has a top section 11 diameter D′′ larger than the camera mount ball 1 diameter D, to allow entry of the camera mount ball 1 into the cradle cup 4 and the cradle cup 4 has a bottom section 12 diameter D′ smaller than the camera mount ball 1 diameter D and the bottom cone section 3 of the camera mount ball 1 extends into the cradle cup 4 lower section 12 having a diameter D′ less then the camera mount ball 1 diameter D.
- the static friction between the ball shape and the cradle cup should be sufficient to hold the camera 7 in any set position, yet having low sliding friction to be easily moved to any other desired position.
- the components of the camera mount ball 1 and cradle cup 4 may be formed of thermoplastic such as nylon, polyester, polyethylene, or polypropylene, or thermoset plastic material such as phenolic, melamine, melamine/phenolic polyester, polyurethane or urea.
- an O ring 13 is fitted in a groove 14 on the inside of cradle cup 4 , and the inside diameter D′′′ of the O ring 13 is less than the diameter D of the camera mount ball 1 .
- the O ring 13 for example may be of an elastomer of rubber, nitrile rubber, silicon rubber, or a fluorocarbon elastomer.
- the “hardness” of the O ring may be in the range of Shore hardness of about 50 to about 60, and an elongation of from about 250% to about 325%.
- the required hardness of the O ring 13 may vary depending on the weight of the camera assembly placed in the cradle cup 4 .
- the diameter D′ of the cradle cup 4 is greater than diameter D of camera mount ball 1 , so that camera mount ball 1 rests on O ring 13 having an inside diameter D′′′ which is less than the diameter D of camera mount ball 1 , thus the assembly of the camera 7 and ball 1 attached thereto rests on the O ring 14 .
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- As stated in the parent application, taking pictures requires a steady, non-moving camera, and to accomplish this, mounting the camera on a tripod platform is preferred, and this present invention is to disclose and claim apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform by attaching a pear shaped ball on the camera base, and placing the ball assembly attached to the camera, in a cradle cup having an0 ring mounted in a groove on the inside diameter of the cradle cup, and the cradle cup attached to the
- Picture taking by a camera requires a steady, non-moving camera for clear well defined pictures, and in view of this, cameras are mounted on tripod platforms or tables, with camera angle adjustments attained by turning of gears, or unscrewing fasteners, to obtain the proper camera aiming angle. To dis-assemble the camera from this conventional mounting requires manipulation to unscrew the camera from the tripod table or platform.
- This present invention discloses apparatus and method for mounting a camera on a tripod platform by attaching to the camera a modified ball having a pear or partial oblate spheroid shape, and the assembly of the camera and modified ball with a conical segment part of the ball of pear shape set into a cradle cup attached to a tripod platform, and an O ring mounted in a groove in the inner circumference of the cradle cup, to allow movement of the camera to aim at the desired picture subject.
- An object of this invention is to disclose apparatus for ball and cradle cup camera mount on a tripod platform by mounting a ball having a pear or partial oblate spheroid shape, onto the bottom of a camera, and the ball having a bottom cone segment, opposite the camera mount and attaching a cradle cup of cylindrical shape, and having a diameter greater than the ball diameter to the tripod platform and the assembly of the ball mounted on the camera set on the inside circumference of an O ring, mounted in a groove on the inside circumference of the cradle cup and the cone segment of the ball extending into the cradle cup lower section to allow rotation and tilting of the camera and camera mount ball assembly mounted on the O ring in the cradle cup.
- Following is a listing of prior art U.S. patents.
- U.S. Pat. No. 365,435 for PHOTO APPARATUS; Disclosure is made of a ball and socket mount for a camera.
- U.S. Pat. No. 855,149 for ATTACHMENT FOR TRIPOD CAMERA: Disclosure is made of adjustable ball and socket mount for a camera mount on a tripod.
- U.S. Pat. No. 916,286 for CAMERA TRIPOD; Disclosure is made of an adjustable ball and socket mount.
- U.S. Pat. No. 1,280,013 for CAMERA MOUNTING; This patent discloses adjustable socket for a ball and socket mount.
- U.S. Pat. No. 2,650,788 for ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTING CAMERAS; There is disclosed adjustable ball and socket mount.
- U.S. Pat. No. 2,670,228 for BALL SWIVEL, TRIPOD HEAD; Ball and socket mount to allow swivel and tilt.
- U.S. Pat. No. 2,703,691 for CAMERA SUPPORT; Disclosure is made of a ball and socket mount on telescoping leg.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,072,907 for TRIPOD HEAD; Disclosure is made of a ball and socket with a camera plate on the ball.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,750 for CAMERA MOUNT; Disclosure is made of a double ball and socket on a mast.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,790,910 for CAMERA MOUNTING APPARATUS; This patent discloses a ball and socket mount for a surveillance camera.
- None of the above prior art patents disclose either singly or collectively the invention of this present disclosure.
- FIG. 1—Plan view of camera mounting ball.
- FIG. 2—Cross section elevational view of camera mounting ball.
- FIG. 3—Plan view of ball cradle cup.
- FIG. 4—Elevational cross section view of ball cradle cup.
- FIG. 5—Ball set in cradle cup; elevational view.
- FIG. 6—Elevational view of ball tilted setting in cradle cup.
- FIG. 7—Plan view of bottom cone mount.
- FIG. 8—Plan view of bottom cone.
- FIG. 9—Camera and mount ball attached thereto.
- FIG. 10—Cradle cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 11—Camera and mount ball sitting in cradle. cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 12—Camera and mount ball sitting in tilt position in cradle cup mounted on tripod platform.
- FIG. 13—Plan view of cradle cup with O ring mounted therein.
- FIG. 14—Elevation view of cross section of cradle cup having a flared top opening with O ring mounted therein.
- FIG. 15—Cross section elevation of camera mount ball resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a flared top opening.
- FIG. 16—Cross section elevation view of camera mount ball in tilted position resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a flared top opening.
- FIG. 17—Cross section elevation view of camera mount ball in tilted position resting on O ring mounted in cradle cup having a non-flared or straight wall top opening.
- FIG. 18—Elevation cross section view of cradle cup having a non-flared or straight wall top opening
- FIG. 19—Enlarged segment of FIG. 17, showing detail of camera mount ball contact on inside diameter of O ring mounted in cradle cup groove.
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- This invention is to disclose apparatus for providing stability to a camera for taking pictures for prevention of blurs, or fuzzy pictures.
- The apparatus includes as shown in FIGS. 1, 2,5, 6, 9, 11, and 12 and further improvement is shown in FIGS. 13, 14, 15, 16 17, 18 and 19 showing an
O ring 13 mounted incradle cup groove 14 and the camera mount ball 1 having a pear or oblate spheroid shape with aflat top 5 on the camera mount ball 1 and centered in theflat top 5, of this camera mount ball 1 is a threadedinsert 2 and a basesegment bottom cone 3, shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, as plan views of this bottom cone segment. - Reference is now made to FIG. 9, to show the camera mount ball1, and threaded
insert 2 on camera mount ball 1 threaded into thecamera 7 female threaded opening, which female threaded opening is standard in all cameras for mounting directly on a tripod platform. - The assembly of the
camera 7, with the camera mount ball 1 attached to thecamera 7, as shown in FIG. 9 is placed incradle cup 4, of cylindrical shape (see FIGS. 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 with the camera mount ball 1 extending into thecradle cup 4. Thecradle cup 4 of cylindrical shape is shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 11, 12. FIGS. 13, 14, and 18show O ring 13 mounted ingroove 14 incradle cup 4. FIGS. 14 and 18 cross section elevation view. - The plan view of the
cradle cup 4 as shown in FIGS. 3, and FIG. 13 showing O ring mounted incradle cup 4 FIG. 4 is elevational cross section view. In the center of the bottom of thecradle cup 4, is a threadedfemale insert 6, for attachment by a threaded screw, of thecradle cup 4 to theplatform 8, oftripod 10. - Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4 the inside diameters of the
cradle cup 4 sections, based on the diameter D of the camera mount ball 1. see FIG. 2. D′ is diameter ofcradle cup 4,lower section 12 less than D, and sets the limit of entry of camera mount ball 1 into thecradle cup 4. D″ diameter ofupper section 11 ofcradle cup 4 is greater than diameter D of camera mount ball 1. - Reference is made to FIG. 18 showing
cradle cup 4, andO ring 13 mounted ingroove 14 ofcradle cup 4, and D′ is diameter of cradle cup inside diameter and D′″ is the inside diameter ofO ring 13 mounted ingroove 14 of thecradle cup 4. - FIGS. 4, 5, and6 show flared out top opening of the
cradle cup 4, but on mounting anO ring 13 in thegroove 14 of thecradle cup 4 as shown in FIG. 17 obviates the need for the flared out opening of thecradle cup 4. - Referring now to the
tripod 10, FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 show thetripod 10,tripod platform 8, and tripod legs 9, and further FIGS. 9 and 10 are shown with thecamera 7 and camera mount ball 1 attached thereto aligned with thecradle cup 4, mounted ontripod platform 8 oftripod 10 and FIG. 11 shows the completed assembly of thecamera 7 and camera mount ball 1 sitting incradle cup 4. - As shown in FIG. 12, the
camera 7, in tilt position, with camera mount ball 1 attached and the camera mount ball sitting incradle cup 4, allows for free rotational movement of thecamera 7 and camera mount ball 1 assembly and further the camera-ball assembly can be tilted to aim the camera either up or down. The tilt is limited bybottom cone 3 segment of the camera mount ball 1 hitting the inner wall of thecradle cup 4 as shown in FIG. 12, and further this insures thecamera 7 camera ball mount 1 assembly against falling out of thecradle cup 4 when in any tilt position. - The above described apparatus simplifies the rapid removal of the camera from the
cradle cup 4 by simply lifting thecamera 7 camera mount ball 1 assembly from the cradle,cup 4 without unscrewing any mounting screws or control levers. - Further this invention discloses apparatus of a camera mount ball1, attached to
camera 7 by a threadedscrew 2 extending into female thread in the camera bottom and acradle cup 4 rigidly mounted on atripod platform 8 and the camera mount ball 1 with abottom cone section 3 opposite the camera mount on the ball and thecamera 7 with camera mount ball 1 attached placed in thecradle cup 4 and the ball extending into thecradle cup 4 having a top diameter D″ section at thetop section 11 of thecradle cup 4 greater than the ball diameter D and thebottom cone section 3 of the ball extending into thecradle cup 4lower section 12 having a smaller diameter D′ than the ball diameter D to allow rotation and tilting of the camera and camera mount ball assembly. - To better describe the
cradle cup 4 of this invention thecradle cup 4 mounted on atripod platform 8 and thecradle cup 4 has atop section 11 diameter D″ larger than the camera mount ball 1 diameter D, to allow entry of the camera mount ball 1 into thecradle cup 4 and thecradle cup 4 has abottom section 12 diameter D′ smaller than the camera mount ball 1 diameter D and thebottom cone section 3 of the camera mount ball 1 extends into thecradle cup 4lower section 12 having a diameter D′ less then the camera mount ball 1 diameter D. - On using the above described camera mount, the static friction between the ball shape and the cradle cup should be sufficient to hold the
camera 7 in any set position, yet having low sliding friction to be easily moved to any other desired position. - The components of the camera mount ball1 and
cradle cup 4 may be formed of thermoplastic such as nylon, polyester, polyethylene, or polypropylene, or thermoset plastic material such as phenolic, melamine, melamine/phenolic polyester, polyurethane or urea. - To improve the nesting of the camera mount ball1, in the
cradle cup 4, anO ring 13 is fitted in agroove 14 on the inside ofcradle cup 4, and the inside diameter D′″ of theO ring 13 is less than the diameter D of the camera mount ball 1. TheO ring 13 for example may be of an elastomer of rubber, nitrile rubber, silicon rubber, or a fluorocarbon elastomer. The “hardness” of the O ring may be in the range of Shore hardness of about 50 to about 60, and an elongation of from about 250% to about 325%. - The required hardness of the
O ring 13 may vary depending on the weight of the camera assembly placed in thecradle cup 4. - On mounting an
O ring 13 incradle cup 14 the diameter D′ of thecradle cup 4 is greater than diameter D of camera mount ball 1, so that camera mount ball 1 rests onO ring 13 having an inside diameter D′″ which is less than the diameter D of camera mount ball 1, thus the assembly of thecamera 7 and ball 1 attached thereto rests on theO ring 14.
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