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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110089296 | Adjustable support An adjustable support for supporting a device such as a note pad. The support has a fixed cylindrical ball support, the top of the ball support having a part-spherical depression. The support includes a ball on the top of the ball support resting snugly but movably in t... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20090101773 | Camera pan head having two clamps locked connector A camera pan head having two clamps locked connector. There is provided with a linkage locking mechanism, which is composed of the left and right clamp, the pendulum lever, the hinge, and the twist spring, in the connector. On one side of the camera pan head is provided... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20080142675 | FASTENING APPARATUS AND HOLDING RACK A fastening apparatus and a holding rack which includes a holding dock, a holding device and the fastening apparatus. The holding device has a holding bracket and a fastened member. The fastening apparatus includes a collet and a sleeve. The collet has a bottom and a pl... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080121767 | TETRABALL™ The Tetraball™ provides four essentially equal and (generally) evenly spaced constraints on the ball. It is the equivalent of a ball and socket joint in which the “socket” is composed of four small constraining pads of equal size and equally spaced around the surf... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080061197 | Universal detachable presentation bracket A novel universal detachable presentation bracket that is universally positionable by operating in a spherical coordinate system, and method for positionally adjusting a presentation device on the bracket within the spherical coordinate frame. According to one aspect of... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070152116 | Ball head A ball head has a ball with a single adjustment actuator. The single adjustment actuator has a locking mechanism that is low force high friction device. The locking mechanism supports a ball and socket gimbal mechanism with a fixed spherical contact zone built into the ... | 07/05/2007 |
