Patent ID: 6092770
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
A stand for photographic/optical and cinematographic equipment, comprising a central column and a tripod base for the column including three legs and respective arms for connecting the legs to the column, the base comprising a first and a second articulation element slidable on and fixed to the column, respectively, the legs being articulated to the first articulation element about articulation axes substantially perpendicular to radii of the column, the connecting arms having their opposite ends articulated, respectively, to an intermediate portion of the corresponding leg and to the second articulation element, each leg being movable from an inoperative position in which it is brought, with the corresponding connecting arm, close to the column, to an operative position in which it is opened out away from the column at an inclination limited by the corresponding connecting arm, characterized in that the legs and the connecting arms have articulation points on the first and second articulation elements, respectively, the articulation points having an arrangement such that, in the inoperative position with each leg brought close to the central column, the axes of the legs and of the corresponding connecting arms are approximately coplanar with the axis of the central column so that the space occupied by each leg with the corresponding arm is predominantly included within the space occupied by the column, projected along an axis contained in the plane.