US 11,788,683 B2
Protecting apparatus for appliance supported by tripod
Elias Kopty, Naharyia (IL); and Elias Khoury, Nazereth (IL)
Assigned to SICHER PROTECTION LTD., Naharyia (IL)
Appl. No. 17/299,301
Filed by SICHER PROTECTION LTD, Naharyia (IL)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/051316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/115736, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,341, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372562 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. F16P 7/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); F16F 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16P 7/00 (2013.01) [F16F 9/04 (2013.01); G01C 15/008 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protection apparatus (10) for an appliance (12) supported by a tripod (50); said protection apparatus (10) comprising:
one or more tilt sensors (18), configured to issue a tilting signal upon tilting of said tripod (50);
an airbag (14), inflated upon issuing of said tilting signal; said airbag (14) comprising one or more segment, each of said one or more segments projecting into a protrusion when inflated; and each of said protrusions projecting in a projected direction substantially perpendicular to and towards an imaginary line between two feet of said tripod (50);
a direction of said tilting being in a direction substantially in one of said projected directions, a directly inflated segment is that one of said plurality of segments projecting in said tilting direction, thereby enabling cushioning of a fall to the ground of said appliance due to said tilting; and
one or more passages establishing fluid communication between adjacent pairs of said segments, said adjacent pairs of said segments comprising either a directly-inflated segment and a subsequently-inflated segment or two subsequently-inflated segments, thereby enabling subsequent inflation of said subsequently-inflated segments, thereby protecting said appliance during rolling on the ground after said fall.