Patent ID: 8196504
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: F16B,F16M,F41A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A portable, releasable and collapsible tripod assembly and accessory kit, comprising: a substantially planar tripod base defining first, second and third vertices each having a downwardly and outwardly sloped shoulder portion; first, second and third tubular upper leg segments each having a proximal end cap pivotally attached to a corresponding sloped shoulder portion of said planar base for manual movement between a first, deployed, downwardly projecting tripod support position, wherein a deployed upper leg segment projects distally away from the plane of said base, and a second, folded state, wherein a folded upper leg segment is in substantial alignment with the plane of said base, and wherein each of said tubular, upper leg segments defines an interior lumen; first, second and third leg extension members each having a proximal end opposing a distal end and an exterior sidewall and being telescopically received within a corresponding one of said first, second and third tubular upper leg segments, and wherein each of said leg extension members carries a support foot at a distal end; and a tripod accessory comprising a mount coupling member dimensioned to receive a selected mount from a plurality of available accessory mounts, said mount coupling member being removably securable to the tripod base.