Patent ID: 8657507

Claim:
A rig for supporting a camera comprising: two shoulder supports, each shoulder support being configured to fit over a shoulder of a user and each shoulder support being operably connected to the other shoulder support; two elongate rods extending generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end; wherein, each rod is located to pivotingly rotate about one of two pivots located between the front end and the back end of each rod respectively, each pivot being supported by a respective shoulder support; further wherein, the front end of one rod is operably connected to the front end of the other rod via a support structure that is configured for supporting a camera, the support structure comprising three elongate plates connected to each other in series, namely, a left plate, a center plate, and a right plate, wherein each of two opposite ends of the center plate are connected by first pin joints to an inner end of each of the left plate and the right plate respectively, the first pin joints being configured to permit rotation of the plates in a horizontal plane; and further wherein, an outer end of each of the left plate and the right plate is operably connected to the front end of each rod respectively by second pin joints, the second pin joints being configured to permit rotation of the three plates in a horizontal plane, such that the three plates are configured to be movable by the user to form a desired articulated shape.