Patent ID: 7488126

Claim:
A camera stabilizer comprising: (a) a base component having a front, a rear, and a camera support section at said rear and a void approximately equal in area to said camera support section; (b) first support means permanently attached to said base component by at least two telescoping rods, said first support means for placing on a user's shoulder, for adjusting for front and rearward distance, and for providing stabilizing support; (c) second support means having a top and a bottom and being telescopingly adjustable in height, wherein said top is removably attachable to and from an attachment member adjacent to the rear of said base component, said second support means for attaching to a user's mid-section, for adjusting height distance, and for providing stabilizing support, further comprising a cushion means distal from said bottom, said cushion means for placing next to a user's mid-section and for relieving from said user's mid-section pressure or weight being exerting by the camera stabilizer on said user, and further comprising attachment means on said cushion means for receiving and maintaining thereon an external strap having a first end with a first cooperating attachment member to said attachment means and a second end with a second cooperating attachment member to said attachment means, wherein said first end is attached to said attachment means, the external strap placed around a user's back, and the second end is attached to said attachment means.