Patent ID: 8733712

Claim:
A device for supporting a digital camera or a video camera, comprising: an extendable inner tubular member; an extendable middle tubular member, said extendable inner tubular member slidably disposed therein; a base member, said extendable middle and inner tubular members slidably disposed therein; an extension mechanism disposed within the base member, each of said extendable middle and inner tubular members and base member independently secured thereto, said extension mechanism configured to extend the extendable inner and middle tubular members simultaneously from within the base member during movement of the same; a mounting assembly affixed at a distal end of the extendable inner tubular member and comprising a base platform with a threaded opening therethrough configured to threadably receive a thread connector therein, said thread connector also configured to threadably engage with an attachment point on the digital camera or on the video camera such that the same is secured to the base platform; and a quick release locking assembly comprising a male threaded component disposed around an outer surface of one extendable member and a female threaded component threadably engaged with the male threaded component, said quick release locking assembly configured to threadably lock said extendable middle and inner tubular members at an extended length.