Title:
BALL HEAD ORIENTATION DEVICE APPLIED TO UNIPOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015010712
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lock orientation of a ball head by generating upward tensile force on the ball head and engaging the ball head with a lock stopper.SOLUTION: In a ball head orientation device applicable to an unipod, an orientation knob 3 is sleeved on a connecting portion 12 and/or a main bar 4, the orientation knob is rotated to be close to a ball head base 5 and brought into contact with an end face of the ball head base, the ball head is subjected to being orientated and locked by a lock stopper 21 and no longer rotates, and the orientation knob is rotated to the direction away from the ball head base to be separated from the ball head base, thus the orientation lock is released and the ball head is rotatable freely.
Inventors:
LEE CHOI
Application Number:
JP2013238727A
Publication Date:
January 19, 2015
Filing Date:
November 19, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ZHONGSHAN SIRUI PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY CO LTD
International Classes:
F16C11/06; F16C11/10; G03B17/56
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005090730A | 2005-04-07 | |||
| JPH0664245U | 1994-09-09 | |||
| JP3181900U | 2013-02-28 |
Foreign References:
| CA2226465A1 | 1999-07-07 | |||
| US20050001116A1 | 2005-01-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshitaka Sonoda
Yoshinori Kobayashi
Yoshinori Kobayashi