Pan-tilt head

Claim 1

A PAN-TILT HEAD COMPRISING: (A) A TUBULAR EXTENSION OF A TRIPOD PROVIDED WITH AN UPWARDLY FACING SHOULDER SPACED BELOW THE END THEREOF AND WITH A REDUCED END PORTION, (B) A MOLDED PLASTIC BODY MOUNTED ON SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION AND HAVING A METAL BOTTOM PART IN SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHOULDER, A BORE BEING FORMED IN THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY WHICH THE REDUCED END PORTION OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION IS FITTED, (C) SCREW AND WASHER MEANS CONNECTED TO THE END OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION AND CONFINING THE BODY TO A POSITION IN ROTATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PORTION OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER AND THE REDUCED END PORTION, (D) SAID BODY BEING INTEGRALLY PROVIDED WITH AN UPWARDLY DIRECT EXTENSION THAT IS OFFSET FROM THE AXIS OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION, AND WITH AN INTEGRAL HUB THAT EXTENDS LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE EXTENSION, SAID HUB HAVING AN AXIAL BORE ON AN AXIS THAT IS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION, (E) A CAMERA-MOUNTING MOLDED PLASTIC PLATE DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ABOVE AND SUBSTANTIALLY CENTERED WITH SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION AND THE BODY MOUNTED THEREON, (F) SAID MOUNTING PLATE BEING INTEGRALLY PROVIDED WITH A DEPENDING, LATERALLY OFFSET SLEEVE THAT IS FITTED ON THE LATERALLY EXTENDING HUB OF THE BODY AND HAS A LONGITUDINAL CONTRACTION SLIT, AND (G) A HANDLE ROTATIONALLY ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SLEEVE AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS TO CONTRACT SAID SLITTED SLEEVE AROUND SAID HUB, SAID HANLDE CONSTITUTING A MEANS FOR TURNING THE BODY ON THE AXIS OF THE TUBULAR EXTENSION IN A PANNING MOVEMENT OF A CAMERA ON SAID PLATE, AND FOR ROTATIVELY MOVING THE CAMERA MOUNTING PLATE ON THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF THE BODY HUB TO TILT SAID PLATE AND THE CAMERA THEREON.