Patents by Inventor Richard C. Crete

Richard C. Crete 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: 3970835
    Abstract: A boom and camera support adapted to be carried on a mobile tripod with the boom extending laterally and upwardly from said support. The boom carries a main photographic lighting device on the outer end of an arm swingingly supported at its inner end on the outer end of the boom for movement of said lighting device in an annularly extending generally horizontally disposed path about a vertically extending axis at the outer end of said boom. Said lighting device is at a uniform picture-taking lighting distance from a subject on said axis spaced below said boom.A second photographic lighting device is supported on the outer end of a second arm that is swingingly supported at its inner end for movement in an annular horizontally disposed path about a generally vertical axis at a point on said boom intermediate its ends. This device includes a fill light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Inventor: Richard C. Crete