Patent ID: 6536723
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: F16B,F16M

Abstract:
A tripod including:a base having pairs of fitting holes, two each of which are spaced apart and situated facing each other so as to constitute a pair; first leg members, each of which has a pair of coaxially extending rotary shaft portions that are integrally formed on the outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion of the first leg member and rotatably fitted in the corresponding pair of fitting holes; and second leg members respectively inserted in said first leg members so that the distance by which each second leg member projects from the associated first leg member can be adjusted and that the upper end portion of each second leg member is positioned between the rotary shaft portions of the first leg members, with the top end face of each second leg member flush with the top end face of the associated first leg member when the distance by which the second leg member projects from the first leg member is at its minimum extension.