Patent ID: 7984882

Claim:
A tripod head having a mounting member configured to hold a mounting base portion of a device to be held, the mounting member being mountable to a support base such that an angle of depression or elevation of the device is adjustable, said tripod head comprising: said support base; said mounting member including a mounting shaft mounted to the support base, the mounting shaft extending horizontally through the support base, the mounting shaft being rotatably pivoted, said mounting shaft including a front-end portion extending through the support base; a disk coaxial with the mounting shaft, the disk being held to the front-end portion of the mounting shaft; an arc-shaped groove formed in a peripheral portion of a face of the disk, the arc-shaped groove being located about an axis of the mounting shaft; a threaded rod extending perpendicular from the support base, the threaded rod being inserted in the arc-shaped groove formed in the disk, the threaded rod having a threaded front-end portion; and a nut including a handle and threadedly inserted over the threaded front-end portion of the threaded rod, wherein fringes of the arc-shaped groove in the disk are configured to be tightened and secured to the support base.