Patent ID: 6325556
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A support device of a portable photographing apparatus for supporting the portable photographing apparatus on an arbitrary support surface, the support device comprising:a plurality of support bodies coupled to the photographing apparatus to be capable of moving within respective ones of a plurality of first cavities so that each one of said plurality of support bodies is located deep within respective ones of said plurality of cavities during insertion and so that each one of said plurality of support bodies is located at an entrance of respective ones of said plurality of first cavities and being near a bottom surface of said portable photographic apparatus during extension, said support bodies being still within respective ones of said plurality of first cavities during extension; anda plurality of legs having contact portions contacting the support surface at lower end portions thereof and having upper end portions hinge-coupled to the plurality of support bodies to be moved together with the plurality of support bodies, said plurality of legs extending from the bottom surface of the photographing apparatus during extension, said plurality of legs being capable of being inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the photographing apparatus.