US 12,013,079 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 Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,220.
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 2024/0052971 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/14 (2013.01) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leveling base, comprising:
a housing including a cavity;
a rotatable component positioned at least partially within the cavity of the housing, wherein the rotatable component is rotatably maintained within the cavity to thereby enable a rotation of the rotatable component with respect to the housing;
a hollow elongated member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end of the hollow elongated member is coupled to a bottom surface of the rotatable component;
an inner rod having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end of the inner rod is positioned within the hollow elongated member; and
a rotatable arm having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end of the rotatable arm is pivotally coupled to the second end of the inner rod, wherein the rotatable arm is configured to rotate from a first position in which a longitudinal axis of the rotatable arm is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner rod to a second position in which the longitudinal axis of the rotatable arm is positioned at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the inner rod, wherein the first end of the inner rod contacts the rotatable component to thereby prevent rotation of the rotatable component with respect to the housing when the rotatable arm is in the first position, and wherein the first end of the inner rod does not contact the rotatable component to thereby enable rotation of the rotatable component with respect to the housing when the rotatable arm is in the second position.