Patent ID: 7484468

Claim:
A cinematography apparatus mounting device with inflatable buoyancy floats for support upon and within a body of water, comprising: a central tubular frame support member; a plurality of support arm members; a plurality of inflatable buoyancy floats, of resilient, deformable, impermeable material; a means to connect the central tubular frame support member, support arm members and inflatable buoyancy floats allowing the rotation of each support arm member about the circumference of the central tubular frame support member independently from other support arm members, a means for locking in position the support arm members perpendicularly to the central tubular frame support member in various circumferential angular relationships to the other support arm members located along the longitudinal axis of the central tubular frame support member; wherein the central tubular frame support member is provided with inner and outer splined engagement hubs and inner centering disengagement hubs, which are axially aligned, a pair of supporting saddle brackets provided in a spaced relationship at the center of the support members longitudinal axis and a central mounting plate positioned centrally upon said supporting saddle brackets.