Patents by Inventor Mario F. Di Leo

Mario F. Di Leo 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).

  • Patent number: 8985878
    Abstract: A rig for supporting a camera. A left rod and a right rod, each rod extending generally forwards and having a front end and a back end. Each rod configured to be operably connected to the other rod via a support structure that is configured for supporting a camera, each rod having a sliding element configured to operably connect each rod to the support structure, each sliding element being configured to be moveable towards and, alternatingly, away from the back end. Each rod is equipped with a spring positioned to bias each sliding element toward a registration position in relation to the back end, so that forward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a backward bias in the spring, and backward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a forward bias in the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Alba Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mario F. Di Leo
  • Publication number: 20140099092
    Abstract: A rig for supporting a camera. A left rod and a right rod, each rod extending generally forwards and having a front end and a back end. Each rod configured to be operably connected to the other rod via a support structure that is configured for supporting a camera, each rod having a sliding element configured to operably connect each rod to the support structure, each sliding element being configured to be moveable towards and, alternatingly, away from the back end. Each rod is equipped with a spring positioned to bias each sliding element toward a registration position in relation to the back end, so that forward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a backward bias in the spring, and backward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a forward bias in the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: THE ALBA GROUP, LTD
    Inventor: Mario F. Di Leo
  • Patent number: 8657507
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a camera comprising two shoulder supports. Two elongate rods extend generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end. Each rod pivots about a point between the front end and the back end, the pivot point on each rod being supported by a respective shoulder support. The front ends of each rod are operably connected to each other via a support structure that is configured for receiving and supporting a camera, the support structure comprising three elongate plates connected to each other in series, namely, a left plate, a center plate, and a right plate, wherein each of two opposite ends of the center plate are rotatably pin jointed to an inner end of each of the left plate and the right plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Alba Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mario F. Di Leo