Patents by Inventor Timothy Shands

Timothy Shands 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: 4740804
    Abstract: An apparatus is interposed between a typical camera hot shoe mount and a flash unit to permit multi-position adjustment of the flash relative the camera, without requiring modification to either of same. A base unit defines a generally spherical cavity in which a mated ball is movable. Front-to-back and sideways movements of the ball within the cavity are continuous, but limited in range by a hot shoe element attached to the top of the ball for support of the flash unit. Rotational movement of the ball within the cavity is also continuous, but limited as is its other motion to prevent damage to electrical wires which may optionally run through the attachment device for electrically interconnecting the camera and flash unit. A retaining cap is received about the base unit and may be threadably tightened thereto for retaining the ball in a desired position within the spherical cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: Timothy Shands