Patent ID: 6834839
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
In a surveying instrument comprising a bipod having a pair of legs and a support leg, the support leg and pair of legs universally connected together at the top of the bipod and extending downwardly,a device for clamping a pole thereby connecting it to said instrument, said device including a pair of opposing jaws enclosed within a cavity of a frame for said device, the cavity being open to a top and to a bottom of said frame for disposition of a pole that is clamped by and unclamped from said pair of opposing jaws, the first of said jaws being fixed in the cavity to said frame, the second of said jaws slidably movable towards and away from said first of said jaws, spacer means connecting together said device and said support leg, and means for advancing and retracting said second of said jaws to and from said first of said jaws, said spacer means comprising a stabilizing arm, and bolt means extending from said first one of said jaws, through said frame, through said stabilizing arm, and through said support leg, thereby securely joining them together in the assembly of said device to the surveying instrument.