Patent ID: 7487948

Claim:
A support for a survey rod, which comprises: a grip containing an aperture; a first leg having a first end and a second end with the first end of said first leg rotatably attached at a point of rotation to said grip; a second leg having a first end and a second end with the first end of said second leg rotatably attached at a point of rotation to said grip; a first spring rod having a first end and a second end with the second end of said first spring rod attached to said first leg below the point of rotation for said first leg; a second spring rod having a first end and a second end with the second end of said second spring rod attached to said second leg below the point of rotation for said second leg; and a collar having an aperture and also a releasable fastener, said collar being attached to the first end of said first spring rod and to the first end of said second spring rod with the second end of said first spring rod being farther from an axis running between said collar and said grip than is the first end of said first spring rod and with the second end of said second spring rod being farther from the axis running between said collar and said grip than is the first end of said second spring rod.