Patent ID: 6820845
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
A tripod comprising:a main tripod body, a camera supporting rod provided for said main tripod body so as to be capable of rising and falling, legs provided for said main tripod body so as to be rotatable around a turning center axis line in the horizontal direction, operating bodies which are arranged so as to be shiftable in the horizontal direction without protruding upward from said main tripod body and are used for adjusting the opening degree of said legs; wherein a horizontal shift of an operating body in a first direction results in a closed state of the tripod, while a horizontal shift of the operating body in a second direction results in an opened state of the tripod, and the operating body has an operating plate portion which shifts in the horizontal direction approximately along a plane including an upper surface of the main tripod body.