Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in TRIPODS and more particularly to tripod connections.The invention includes a link portion which links tripod leg portions either formed as legs for ground contact or as portions for engaging with legs for ground contact so as to enable the legs to be arranged into a tripod like configuration, converging toward one another and interconnected together adjacent an upper portion thereof.The tripod can be in the form of shear legs, scaffolding supports, ladders and the like.