Patent ID: 7794160
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A support system for a user operating a camera attached to a camera stabilizing device, the camera stabilizing device including a socket block used for connecting to the camera stabilizing device, the support system comprising: a waist belt adapted to secure around a waist of the user operating the camera, the waist belt having a front portion; a mounting bracket being secured to the front section of the waist belt and having means for attaching to the socket block; a first brace support bar positioned substantially along a horizontal plane through a bore defined on the mounting bracket, the first brace support bar having opposed ends separately secured to a first pair of end brackets; a pair of second brace support bars separately extending substantially downwardly from the first pair of end brackets, the pair of second brace support bars each having a lower end secured to one of a second pair of end brackets opposed from the first pair of end brackets; and a pair of forks separately secured to the second pair of end brackets, each fork receiving a wheel such that a pair of wheels, defined by each wheel received by the pair of forks, rotate independently of each other without sharing a common axis.