Patent ID: 6439518
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform wherein the improvement comprises:a. an assembly of a camera and a ball having a pear or oblate spheroid shape attached to said camera; b. said pear shaped ball having a conical section; c. a cradle cup fastened to a tripod platform; d. a groove inside of and concentric to circumference of said cradle cup e. an O ring mounted in said groove of said cradle cup, said cup having an inside diameter greater than outside diameter of said ball of said assembly of a camera and a ball, f. inside diameter of said O ring less than the diameter of said ball of said assembly of camera and a ball g. said assembly of a camera pear shaped or oblate spheroid shaped ball setting in said cradle cup and said ball resting on said O ring mounted in said groove in said cradle cup.