US 12,288,889 B2
Tripod system
Brianna E. Williams, Greenville, SC (US); J. Luke Jenkins, Williamston, SC (US); Robert Andrew Patrick, Simpsonville, SC (US); Austin Clark, Seneca, SC (US); and John D. Schaalje, Williamson, SC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,108.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,212, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,383, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069399 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/207 (2021.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/08 (2006.01); F16M 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/207 (2021.01) [F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 11/08 (2013.01); F16M 11/242 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tripod for use with an accessory device and a battery pack, the tripod comprising:
a main body including
a center column having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end, and
a plurality of legs coupled to the center column;
a battery receptacle supported on the main body, the battery receptacle having a first interface configured to mechanically and electrically couple to the battery pack; and
a head supported at the second end of the center column, the head having a second interface configured to concurrently mechanically and electrically couple to the accessory device,
wherein the first interface has a complementary configuration to the second interface, and
wherein the head is pivotally coupled to the second end of the center column.