US 11,725,678 B2
Rail element for a camera slider rail system
Christopher Thomson, Auckland (NZ); Samuel Blok, Auckland (NZ); and James Allen, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to SYRP LIMITED, Auckland (NZ)
Appl. No. 16/977,600
Filed by SYRP LIMITED, Auckland (NZ)
PCT Filed Feb. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/051350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/171193, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 740431 (NZ), filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0400170 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G03B 17/56 (2021.01); F16B 2/04 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/42 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/04 (2013.01) [F16B 7/0413 (2013.01); F16M 11/425 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rail element for a camera slider system, the rail element comprising:
a longitudinal body portion;
an expandable joiner element, located at or proximate to at least one end of the longitudinal body portion wherein the expandable joiner element comprises an expansion device, housed within the body portion, configured to exert force outwardly, wherein the expansion device comprises a lever configured to actuate a rod extending longitudinally within the longitudinal body portion.