Patent ID: 8075203
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: F16B,F16M,G03B

Abstract:
1. A panoramic device comprising: (a) a base having a lower first surface suitable to be supported by a tripod and a second surface; (b) a first clamp member having an upper surface and secured to said base for rotation within a single plane of rotation with respect to said second surface of said base, said upper surface including a central region at a different elevation than another substantially parallel portion of said upper surface, said central region and said another portion connected by a first opposing surface; (c) a second clamp member including a second opposing surface; (d) a first knob rotatably engaged with said first clamp member, said first knob rotatable to selectively move said second opposing surface farther from said first opposing surface and rotatable to selectively move said second opposing surface nearer said first opposing surface to secure an object between said first opposing surface and said second opposing surface; and (e) a second knob rotatable with respect to said base to selectively inhibit rotation of said first clamp member with respect to said base, said first clamp member and said second clamp member not releasable from said base by movement of said second knob.