Patents by Inventor Ernst F. Nettman

Ernst F. Nettman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Camera stabilizing body mount
    Patent number: 4206983
    Abstract: An appartus for stabilizing the position of a unitary camera means relative to the body of a cameraman including a camera carrying assembly providing for movement of the camera about panning, tilting, and roll axes, a fulcrum mounted support member for the camera carrying assembly adapted to position the carrying assembly in spaced relation to the body of a cameraman, a body mount for the support member for counterbalancing and transferring the weight of the camera carrying assembly to the body of the cameraman at the lower body or hip region of the cameraman, and a tensioned cable carried by the body mount and support member and connected to the camera carrying assembly for suspending the assembly and for providing relative vertical movement of the camera carrying assembly relative to the support member and cameraman.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Continental Camera Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernst F. Nettman, Ronald P. Dexter