Abstract: A beverage container holder for a dashboard of a vehicle including a dashboard of a vehicle having a bore formed therein in communication with the vehicle's air heating and cooling ventilation system; and a holding container for receiving a beverage container having an open top end and a sealed bottom end and with the holding container slidably disposed within the bore of the dashboard, the holding container further having an upper chamber formed therein near the top end, a lower chamber formed therein near the bottom end, an access hole formed between the chambers, a plurality of vents formed thereon for allowing communication between the lower chamber and the ventilation system, and a spring-loaded vent mechanism disposed between chambers and with the vent mechanism depressible when a beverage container is placed thereupon for allowing communication between the chambers through the access hole and with the vent mechanism extendable when a beverage container is removed therefrom for preventing communication

Abstract: A two-axis adjustable instrument mount having a fixed base plate, an intediate plate and an instrument mount plate. The intermediate plate is attached to the base plate by a three-point mount in the shape of an isosceles triangle. The two mounting points corresponding to the base of the triangle include hinge flex plates fixed to the base plate by means of rigid stand-offs. The flex plates are also fixed to the edge of the intermediate plate. The third mounting point corresponding to the apex of the triangle has a resilient block between the intermediate plate and the base plate. A threaded fastener passes through the resilient block and secures the intermediate plate to the base plate. Tightening or loosening the threaded fastener causes the resilient block to compress or expand thus allowing adjustment of the angle of the intermediate plate about the axis of the hinge plates with respect to the base plate.

Abstract: A universal camera supporting jib is disclosed to have a tripod, a base horizontally rotatably fixed on the tripod, first arm and a second arm vertically pivotably fixed on the base and respectively define a long and a short portion. A large and a small four-link mechanisms are respectively formed by means of the long and small portion of the first and second arms. A camera is mounted on an end of one link of the large four-link mechanism, wherein the link is parallel to the second arm. A counter balance weight for balancing the weight of the camera is mounted on an end of one link of the small four-link mechanism, wherein the link is also parallel to the second arm. When the position of the camera is changed the position of the counter balance weight is changed accordingly through the cooperative action between the two four-link mechanisms thereby to balance the weight of the camera.

Abstract: A system is described which utilizes two perpendicular four-bar linkages coupled by a common plate to provide a translational-free flexible suspension having two rotational degrees of freedom about a desired point. One of the four-bar linkages is secured to a stationary "ground" structure, and the other linkage is attached to the object to be supported, such as a mirror. In one embodiment, two links of each of the two four-bar linkages are constructed from spring steel flexure elements which are rigid in all directions except about the rotational axis. The flexure elements thus comprise "revolute joints". Because the flexure elements function as spring hinges, no friction is encountered when the suspension is displaced or "pivoted".