Patent ID: 9447912
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: F16M,G03B

Claim Text:
1. A support tripod for video-photographic equipment, comprising a spider, a column provided with hooking means for a piece of video-photographic equipment slidable along a sliding axis (Z) inside an aperture defined by said spider, a plurality of legs hinged at a hinging end to said spider to open/close said tripod, each leg having a body extending mainly along a longitudinal axis (Y) and being rotatable about a hinging axis (X) substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis (Y) and extending through said spider to be moved between a closed configuration (W, W′) in which said legs are arranged almost parallel with said sliding axis (Z) and at least one operating configuration (K, J) in which the legs are inclined relative to said sliding axis (Z) at a desired opening angle (α 1 , α 2 ), each leg being provided with an adjusting device arranged to adjust the angular position of said leg up to a maximum opening angle (α 1 , α 2 ) relative to said sliding axis (Z), wherein said adjusting device comprises an adjusting head provided at said first hinging end actuatable in rotation about the longitudinal axis (Y) of the leg and provided with translation means cooperating with corresponding translation counter-means defined on said leg to translate the adjusting head along the longitudinal axis (Y) relative to said leg, following said rotation about said longitudinal axis (Y), to vary the length of said leg and the interference between said hinging end and said spider to allow variation of said maximum opening angle (α 1 , α 2 ) of said leg.