Patent ID: 6188849
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
A camera stabilizer, comprising:a first arm member having a camera attachment;a handle attached to the first arm member via a universal joint;a vertical pivot member attached to the first arm member;a second arm member attached to the vertical pivot member so that the second arm member is swingable relative to the first arm member in a horizontal plane, the second arm member being movable into a collapsed position relative to the first arm member, the second arm member having an outer free end, the second arm member being parallel to the first arm member, the second arm member having an elongate groove defined therein to shiftably receive the vertical pivot member so that the vertical pivot member is shiftable along the elongate groove to adjust an effective length of the second arm member protruding outwardly from the vertical pivot member;a locking member in operative engagement with the vertical pivot member to lock the first arm member in a selected horizontal angle relative to the second arm member; anda stabilizing mass member attached to the outer free end of the second arm member.