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Patent Application
App. No. 12/717,285

Camera Holder

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App. No.
12/717,285
Abstract

The invention refers to a camera holder comprising a clamp ( 1 ), which has two arms ( 1 a, 1 b ). One of these arms ( 1 a ) carries a mount ( 2 ) designed as an angular piece, which has a continuous opening for a screw ( 3 ) to be inserted and fixed in a tripod connection of a camera. The mount ( 2 ) is fixed with a revolute joint in a rotatable manner on the on the clamp ( 1 ).

Claims (15)

1 . Camera holder comprising

a clamp, which has two arms, one of the arms carrying a mount designed as an angular piece, which has a continuous opening for a screw to be inserted and fixed in a tripod connection of a camera; wherein

the mount is fixed in a rotatable manner on the on the clamp.

2 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is a long hole.

3 . Camera holder according to claims, wherein the angular piece is right-angled.

4 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the angular piece has two plate-shaped arms, one of the arms having the opening and the other arm being fixed to the clamp.

5 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the mount is fixed on the clamp by a revolute joint that locks in at least one specified rotation angle position.

6 . Camera holder according to claim 5 , wherein the revolute joint locks in at least two rotation angle positions, which differ by 180°.

7 . Camera holder according to claim 5 , wherein the revolute joint has spring elements, which engage in the corresponding recesses for locking.

8 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the arms of the clamp has a securing hook on its free end, because of which a minimum distance is maintained between the two arms when the clamp is closed.

9 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the two arms are substantially parallel when the clamp is closed.

10 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the clamp comprises a spring, whose resilience effects a closing of the clamp.

11 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the screw is a knurled screw.

12 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein the opening of the mount defines the orientation of the screw in such a way that the screw projecting through the mount runs parallel to the arm of the clamp, on which the mount is fixed.

13 . Camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein, at least one of the arms of the clamp has an anti-skid lining on its inner side.