Patent ID: 8746634

Claim:
An articulated jib for moving a camera, the jib being supported on a base and the jib comprising: a first jib arm pivotably connected to the base, the first jib arm functioning as a bascule and being pivotable about a first axis; a first counterweight mounted on the first jib arm; a second jib arm pivotably connected to the first jib arm by a connector plate, the second jib arm being pivotable about a second axis and the camera being disposed at a distal end of the second jib arm; a lever arm pivotably connected to the base and a linking rod connecting the lever arm to the second jib arm, the lever arm extending away from the linking rod towards a distal end of the lever arm, and the linking rod being pivotably connected to the second jib arm; a second counterweight mounted on the distal end of the lever arm; and wherein the first jib arm includes two parallel frame bars, each of the frame bars being pivotably connected to the base and pivotably connected to the connector plate to form a parallelogram link mechanism, and wherein a full length of the linking rod extending between its points of connection with the second jib arm and the lever arm is equal to or less than a full length of each of the frame bars of the first jib arm between its respective points of connection with the second jib arm and the base.