Tripod Connecting Components for Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tripods with extended legs are prone to instability and risk of collapse when used for high-angle photography or supporting large equipment, requiring heavy and inconvenient fixing devices that complicate assembly and disassembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A tripod design featuring pivotally connected components, including telescopic tubes and connecting elements that allow for easy expansion and folding, providing stability through a steady force and eliminating the need for complex assembly and disassembly processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a fixing device is installed at the bottom of the tripod to prevent collapse and maintain stability, then the tripod stability is improved, but the device weight increases and portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the traditional bottom-mounted fixing device and extracts its stabilizing function, relocating it to the tripod tube connection points where it can provide stability without adding bottom weight
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing device is designed as a dynamic component that can be easily adjusted and positioned at different locations along the tripod tubes, allowing it to adapt to different stability requirements without being fixed at the bottom
2Stability of the object's composition
If a fixing device is installed to keep tripod legs steadily opening, then the tripod stability is improved, but the device complexity and assembly process deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing device is designed to be self-adjusting and self-locking at the tripod tube connection points, eliminating the need for complex assembly procedures and manual adjustment mechanisms that were required in traditional bottom-mounted fixing devices
3Stability of the object's composition
If the connecting elements are designed to be pulled into a straight line to provide steady force, then the tripod stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting elements are designed as dynamic components that automatically align into a straight line configuration when the tripod tubes are extended, using the mechanical action of extension itself to achieve the stabilizing straight-line arrangement without complex control mechanisms
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a tripod. The tripod comprises a base body, a plurality of tripod tubes and a plurality of connecting components. An end of each tripod tube is pivotally connected to the base body. The plurality of tripod tubes is pivotally operated in relation to the base body either at a folded state or at an expanding state. The other end of the plurality of tripod tubes get being close to each other so as to be folded in the folded state, and the other end of the plurality of tripod tubes get being far from each other so as to be expanding in the expanding state. Each of the plurality of connecting components is pivotally connected between the tripod tubes adjacent to each other. the two connecting elements are pulled by the tripod tubes connected to the two connecting elements in such a manner that the connecting elements are pulled by each other to be a straight line so as to provide a steady force to support the adjacent tripod tubes and thus to provide stable supporting force for a photographic equipment.