Patents by Inventor Ralph Theodore Brotz

Ralph Theodore Brotz 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).

  • Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform
    Patent number: 6439518
    Abstract: This present invention discloses apparatus and a method for mounting a camera on a tripod platform for taking pictures and this mounting apparatus includes a cradle cup mounted on a tripod platform and an O ring mounted in a groove on the inside diameter of the cradle cup, and a pear shaped or oblate spheroid shaped ball attached to the bottom of a camera and the ball attached to the camera is set into the cradle cup and the ball sets on O ring in the groove on the inside diameter of the cradle cup. The inside diameter of the O ring is less than the diameter of the pear shaped ball attached to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Plastics Engineering Co.
    Inventor: Ralph Theodore Brotz