Abstract: Tripod having a tripod head, a shaft, having telescopic shaft parts, attached to the tripod head via a locking mechanism, and at least three support legs mounted so as to be outwardly pivotably on the shaft. The support legs are connected to the tripod head via pulling members which can be wound up and unwound by a coil arranged rotatably on the tripod head and can be tensioned by a tensioning element. It is proposed that the coil is provided with a return spring acting in the winding direction of rotation of the coil, and a coupling mechanism is provided which can be transferred with an operating element from a rotation mode, in which the coil can be rotated in an unwinding direction of rotation and by the return spring in a winding direction of rotation, into a tensioning mode, in which the coil is locked with respect to the pulling members and the pulling members can be tensioned by the tensioning element.

Abstract: Tripod having a tripod head, a shaft, having telescopic shaft parts, attached to the tripod head via a locking mechanism, and at least three support legs mounted so as to be outwardly pivotably on the shaft. The support legs are connected to the tripod head via pulling members which can be wound up and unwound by a coil arranged rotatably on the tripod head and can be tensioned by a tensioning element. It is proposed that the coil is provided with a return spring acting in the winding direction of rotation of the coil, and a coupling mechanism is provided which can be transferred with an operating element from a rotation mode, in which the coil can be rotated in an unwinding direction of rotation and by the return spring in a winding direction of rotation, into a tensioning mode, in which the coil is locked with respect to the pulling members and the pulling members can be tensioned by the tensioning element.