TRIPOD MOUNT, TRIPOD MOUNT UNIT, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS

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TRIPOD MOUNT, TRIPOD MOUNT UNIT, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18910180 titled 'TRIPOD MOUNT, TRIPOD MOUNT UNIT, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS

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A tripod mount attachable to and detachable from a tripod mount base fixable to a lens barrel, the tripod mount comprising: a tripod mount main body that abuts on a tripod mount base and has a slit, a tripod mount lock knob screwed to the tripod mount main body and capable of fixing the tripod mount to the tripod mount base by deforming the tripod mount main body so as to change a width of the slit, and a tripod mount temporary lock release button fitted to the tripod mount main body and capable of temporarily fixing the tripod mount to the tripod mount base, wherein the tripod mount lock knob and the tripod mount temporary lock release button are disposed so as to advance and retract in a direction intersecting the slit.