Patent ID: 6769824
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
A camera support including a mounting member to be attached to a camera, and a supporting member for supporting the camera with the mounting member therebetween, wherein said supporting member includes:a first supporting portion adapted to support the camera in a horizontal position by engagement with the mounting member, a second supporting portion adapted to support the camera in a vertical position by engagement with the mounting member; and said supporting member has a catching surface in the shape of an arcuate surface and a fitting surface in the shape of a cylindrical surface; said mounting member has another catching surface adapted to be slidably engaged with or separated from the first mentioned catching surface, and another fitting surface adapted to be slidably fitted to or separated from the first mentioned fitting surface; when the first mentioned catching surface and the second mentioned catching surface are engaged with each other, the camera is supported in the horizontal position by the supporting member in such a state as to be capable of being adjusted by rotating vertically around the first mentioned catching surface; and when the first mentioned fitting surface and the second mentioned fitting surface are fitted to each other, the camera is supported in the vertical position by the supporting member in such a state as to be capable of being adjusted by rotating vertically around the first mentioned fitting surface.