Patent ID: 7614803

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: a housing constituting the body of said image pickup device; a support leg mounting member, rotatably provided on said housing, having a second screw portion fitted with a first screw portion of a support leg supporting the body of said image pickup device and an engaging portion; and a plate spring member having a protrusion engaging with said engaging portion of said support leg mounting member; a holding member, mounted on said housing, having a hole rotatably receiving said support leg mounting member for rotatably holding said support leg mounting member received in said hole; and a prevention portion that prevents said support leg mounting member from falling out of said hole being provided on said holding member so as to protrude above said hole of said holding member, wherein said engaging portion of said support leg mounting member presses said protrusion of said plate spring member for disengaging said support leg mounting member and said protrusion of said plate spring member from each other if force exceeding first force is applied to said support leg mounting member in a first rotational direction when said first screw portion of said support leg is clamped to said second screw portion of said support leg mounting member in said first rotational direction, said support leg mounting member includes a step provided along the outer periphery of the lower surface of said support leg mounting member, and the upper surface and said step of said support leg mounting member come into contact with said prevention portion and the bottom surface of said housing respectively, so that said support leg mounting member is rotatably supported on said image pickup device.