A Walking Stick Camera Stand.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Walking Stick Camera Stand.
ERNEST CARRINGTON OUVRỶ of East Acton Middlesex Solicitor do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A stick between 3 and 4 feet in length similar to an ordinary walking stick and
divided longitudinally into three pieces and fitted at the upper end into a ball
in such a way as to open and stand in the form of a tripod.
The ball top is divided horizontally in the centre and a screw fixed upright in
the lower portion, on to which is screwed a wooden or metal disc the size of the
diameter of the ball and about 8 of an inch thick; above this is screwed the top
of the ball which last is removed and replaced by the camera when required and
the disc screwed up to the bottom of the camera to keep it quite steady, or the
camera may be screwed right down without moving the disc up.
The stick when closed is held together with two small metal rings and a ferrule
at the foot.
Dad thin 12th day of Santambor 1900
ERNEST C. OUVRY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Walking Stick Camera Stand.
I ERNEST CARRINGTON OUVRY of East Acton Middlesex Solicitor do.
hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to portable camera stands which when not in use to support
a camera may be used as an ordinary walking stick and has for its object to provide.
simple means whereby it may be readily altered for either purpose and when in use.
as a support for a camera is rendered firm and rigid.
The stand may be made with any desired number of legs preferably with three
which when closed interlock one with another so as to form a smooth exterior
surface like an ordinary walking stick and when opened out to support a camera
will stand rigidly in the form of a tripod. The legs are connected at their upper
ends to a head or handle preferably of a spherical shape divided horizontally into
two parts the lower part being provided with a screw onto which the upper part.
screws. Onto the screw, between the upper and lower parts of the head or handle.
is screwed a disc preferably of metal and of a diameter corresponding to the.
diameter of the head at the part where it is divided so as to provide a smooth
surface for the hand to grasp. The legs are connected to the lower part of the
head or handle by pins or projections on the upper ends of the said legs entering
slots which form bearings for the said pins or projections the upper end of the legs
being so shaped however that they cannot turn in the bearings when the disc is.
screwed down onto the said ends..
To form a stand for a camera the upper part of the head or handle is removed.
and the disc screwed outward to admit of the legs being opened out and then the
camera is screwed onto the screw in the lower part of the head the disc and the
bottom of the camera being preferably brought into contact so as to hold the camera.
steady.
When the legs are closed to form a walking stick they are held together by
means of a metal ring or metal rings slipped thereonto and held in position by
bayonet jointed connections a ferrule being similarly fitted to the end or foot.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 shews the stand closed in the form of a walking stick.
Figure 2 is a section on a larger scale through the head or handle.
Figure 3 shews the stand opened out forming a tripod to support a camera.
Figure 4 is a section drawn to a larger scale of the lower part of the head or
handle and the disc by which the position of the legs are governed and
Figure 5 is a plan corresponding to Figure 4 but with the disc removed.
The legs A of the camera stand may be formed from a single stick divided
longitudinally into three parts or each leg may be made separately and so shaped
that when the legs are closed together they form a single stick which may be used
as an ordinary walking stick.
The upper end of each leg A is formed with a projection a which enters a notch
or slot a² in a piece forming the lower half of the spherical head or handle B,
when the stand is closed for use as a walking stick, the outer edge 6 of each
projection a being shaped to conform to the outer surface of the piece b as shewn in
Figure 2 when the legs are closed. The legs A are attached to the piece b by
means of pins or journals c on the projections a entering and having a bearing in an
annular groove c³ formed in the upper surface of the piece b and kept therein by a
metal disc C screwed onto a bolt D passing from beneath through the piece b and
projecting above the upper surface thereof.
The disc C may be screwed down into contact with the projections a when the
legs A are closed so that they cannot be opened out without first raising the disc.
By raising this disc more or less the legs A may be opened out to the extent
required the said disc forming an abutment against which the ends of the pro-
jections a have a bearing whatever may be the position of the legs. The upper
part of the head or handle B may be hemispherical like the part 6 or of any
other desired shape and is screwed onto the bolt D into contact with the disc C so
as to complete the handle. To prevent the legs, when closed to form a walking
stick, from gaping or warping, a ring d and a ferrule e are secured thereto by
bayonet slots in the said ring and ferrule, engaging pins or projections g on the
legs A as shewn in Figure 1 the ferrule e also serving to protect the points h on
the lower ends of the legs from injury.
To prepare the stand for use to support a camera the ferrule e and ring d are
removed and the upper part 63 of the head or handle B unscrewed and removed
from the bolt D.
The disc C is then raised on the bolt D to admit of the legs A being separated
or opened out to the required extent, the distance to which the said legs can be
separated being governed by the position of the disc C which acts as a stop against
which the upper ends of the projections a on the upper ends of the legs come into
contact as shewn in Figure 4. The camera is secured to the stand by screwing it
onto the bolt D until the bottom of the camera comes into contact with the disc C
which disc affords an extended bearing surface for the camera and gives rigidity
thereto.
are brackets pivotted to the legs A which brackets when turned into the
position shewn in Figure 3 enable the apparatus to be used as an easel but which
when not required for use are folded into recesses in the legs so as not to project
beyond the surface of the said legs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting a camera stand
which may be used as a walking stick substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2nd. In a portable camera stand a head or handle, divided horizontally into two
parts the legs being pivotted to the lower part and maintained in position when
closed by means of a disc which is adjustable in height on a stud or bolt carried by
the said lower part the distance to which the legs may be opened out being
5 governed by means of the disc substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of June 1893.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.