US 12,297,953 B2
Adjustable clamping device and leveling base with multidirectional adjustment
Casey Cornwell, Harlan, IA (US); and Jeffrey Connor Sharp, Harlan, IA (US)
Assigned to FatBoy Tripods, LLC, Harlan, IA (US)
Filed by FatBoy Tripods, LLC, Harlan, IA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/665,875.
Application 18/665,875 is a continuation of application No. 18/449,220, filed on Aug. 14, 2023, granted, now 12,013,079.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/451,412, filed on Mar. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,798, filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0369178 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/14 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable clamping device, comprising:
a base;
a ball coupled to and extending vertically from the base;
a housing including a cavity configured to receive the ball, wherein the ball is maintained within the cavity to thereby enable a rotation of the housing with respect to the ball;
a locking member configured to selectively inhibit the rotation of the housing with respect to the ball; and
a mounting structure positioned on a top surface of the housing, the mounting structure comprising:
a first wall;
a second wall moveable with respect to the first wall;
a channel positioned between the first wall and the second wall;
an elongated rod having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; and
a lever coupled to the second end of the elongated rod, wherein the lever includes a cam portion that rotates about a pivot axis to contact the second wall as the lever is moved between an unlocked position and a locked position, and wherein a distance between the first wall and the second wall is greater in the unlocked position than in the locked position.