US 12,135,109 B2
Support head for video/photographic equipment
Paolo Speggiorin, Mussolente (IT); Stelvio Zarpellon, Bassano del Grappa (IT); Marco Frasson, Onara di Tombolo (IT); and Simone Echerle, Thiene (IT)
Assigned to VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS S.P.A., Cassola (IT)
Appl. No. 17/775,764
Filed by VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS S.P.A., Cassola (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/060557
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/094908, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000020985 (IT), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390816 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F16M 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC F16M 11/043 (2013.01) [F16M 11/041 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support head for video/photographic equipment, comprising:
a body on which a seat is formed, said seat is provided to receive an attachment plate of said video/photographic equipment, said body defines a first region and a second region, and said first region and said second region are separated by said seat,
a retaining device movable between a first position, in which said retaining device extends into said seat in order to retain said attachment plate in said seat so as to provide said attachment plate with a limited ability to slide in a longitudinal direction defined on said seat, and a second position, in which said retaining device is outside said seat or extends into said seat by an extent smaller than when in said first position, such that said attachment plate is free to enter or come out of said seat along an axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction,
a locking device which is provided to lock and to unlock said attachment plate inside said seat in a desired position,
a control member of said locking device, said control member is positioned on said first region of said body and is configured to be actuated by a user in order to control said locking device,
a safety device which is provided to prevent said retaining device from accidentally moving from said first position to said second position,
an unlocking element of said safety device, said unlocking element is configured to be actuated by said user in order to unlock said safety device and allow said retaining device to move from said first position to said second position,
wherein said unlocking element of said safety device is positioned on said second region of said body.