Patent ID: 7077534

Claim:
A soft box assembly for disposition around a light source for illumination of a subject to be photographed, the soft box assembly comprising: a pole support assembly comprising: a rigid ring defining a plane; and a mounting member for disposition on a portion of an outer peripheral surface of said ring, said mounting member defining a plane and being generally D-shaped and pivotally connected to said ring at ends of said mounting member and movable between a first position in the plane of said ring, and a second position wherein the plane of said mounting member is angled from the plane of said ring; a flexible panel having an open central portion of greater area than said pole support assembly; poles adapted to extend from said panel into said pole support assembly; and a lock mechanism for locking said mounting member and said poles therein to said ring when said mounting member is in the thirst position; whereby a plurality of said poles extending from said panel may be inserted into said ring, and a further pole extending from said panel may be inserted into said mounting member when said mounting member is in the second position, and said mounting member may be pivotally moved to the first position and locked therein, such that all of said poles are held in axial compression between said pole support assembly and said panel.