Patent ID: 7077369

Claim:
A tripod for supporting a device above a ground surface comprising: a) a platform base for supporting the device; b) three leg assemblies coupled to the platform base, each said leg assembly comprising a triangular structure having an apex located at a foot of each leg assembly and comprising a pair of rods having first ends coupled to said platform base a predetermined distance apart and having distal ends coupled to said foot; c) three support link assemblies extending in a substantially vertically downward direction to a central point below said base, each said support link assembly comprising a triangular structure having an apex located at said central point and comprising a pair of members coupled to said base a predetermined distance apart at a first end and coupled together at said central point; d) three sets of stabilizer links coupled at one end to said central point and at a second end to a respective one of said leg assemblies; and e) three caster assemblies coupled to respective ones of said leg assemblies at a distal end thereof, each caster assembly having a stabilizer member acting adjacent to said caster assembly so as to bear selectively against the ground surface.