Patent ID: 8731387

Claim:
A stabilizer for a mobile device comprising a camera, the stabilizer comprising: a mobile device retainer configured to retain the mobile device and defining a side and a yaw axis extending through the side; a counter weight lever defining proximal and distal ends, the counter weight lever coupled to the retainer near the proximal end; a counter weight being coupled to the counter weight lever near the distal end, the stabilizer and the mobile device defining a center of gravity on the yaw axis when the retainer retains the mobile device; and a handle pivotable about the mobile device retainer at a bi-conical joint and on the yaw axis, the center of gravity being farther from the side of the mobile device retainer than the pivot point whereby when the center of gravity is under the pivot point the counterweight biases the mobile device retainer against the handle, wherein the bi-conical joint is self-centering along the pitch and roll axes and wherein the handle possesses three degrees of relative rotational movement with respect to the mobile device retainer.