A New or Improved Telescopically Collapsible Walking-stick Camera Stand or Tripod.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Telescopically Collapsible Walking-stick
Camera Stand or Tripod.
I, ALEXANDER MACKAY MORRISON of 42 Grafton Street, Glasgow,.
Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
This invention relates to a new or improved telescopically collapsible walking-
stick camera stand or tripod.
Two of the legs of the tripod consist of thin light metal tubes made in sections
capable of fitting telescopically in each other whilst the third is partly constituted
by the hollow wood case forming the outside of the walking stick and a short
metal tube which fits into its upper end.
The tubular sections forming the tops of the legs are split and when the stand is.
being erected these split parts are opened out so that holes in their upper ends can
be made to catch on projecting pins fitted at suitable places in a small triangular
shaped table which supports the camera.
The wood case can be lined with metal or a metal tube.
The tubes constituting the legs are made of slightly different diameters so as to
readily fit into each other.
When the tripod is to be taken down the split tubes are disengaged from the
pins in the table and the sections are then taken apart and fitted into each other and
into the hollow stick which is finally closed by a neat metal knob or cover.
Dated this 8th day of March 1895
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
A New or Improved Telescopically Collapsible Walking-stick
Camera Stand or Tripod.
I, ALEXANDER MACKAY MORRISON, of 42 Grafton Street, Glasgow,
Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved telescopically collapsible walking-
stick camera stand or tripod.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have here-
unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a view of the tripod when erected.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the table or tripod top.
Fig. 3 shows views of the tubular sections.
Fig. 4 is a view to an enlarged scale of the tripod when collapsed and fitted
together so as to form a walking stick.
Referring to the drawings:
The two legs a, b, of the tripod consist of thin light tubes made in sections a', a³,
and 61. 6. capable of fitting telescopically into each other whilst the third leg c is

page_text: partly constituted by the hollow wood case d forming the outside of the walking
stick and a short metal tube c' which fits into its upper end.
When the tripod is being erected the section a' is fitted, as shown, into the lower
end of the section a³ an exterior stop ring e on the tube a' preventing the latter
going too far up into the tube a. The short tube 6 is inserted into the top of the
tube 62 a stop catching in a recess f¹ made in the upper end of the tube 6. The
section c¹ has a collar g at its lower end which fits into the top of the hollow stick d
and rests in a tubular metal lining fitted in it.
The tubular sections a², b, c, forming the tops of the legs are split for a certain
distance, as shown at m, m', m³, and when the stand is being erected these split
parts are opened out so that holes in their upper ends can be made to catch on
projecting pins fitted at suitable places in a small triangular shaped table or
tripod top i which supports the camera.
When the tripod is to be taken down the split tubes are disengaged from the
pins in the table i and the sections are then taken apart and fitted into each other
and into the hollow stick which is finally closed by a neat internally screwed knob
or cover which screws on to the screwed end k of the stick.
The tubes constituting the legs are made of slightly different diameters as
shown at Fig. so as to readily fit into each other when the tripod is being
collapsed.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
.
1. A collapsible camera stand or tripod made of a number of tubular sections
capable of fitting into each other the sections forming the upper part of the tripod
when erected, being split and capable of being opened so as to grasp and support
the camera table or tripod top, substantially as set forth.
2. The construction of telescopically collapsible camera stand or tripod
substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown on the drawings annexed.
Dated this 5th day of December 1895.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.