Photography appliance

Claim 1

A MANUALLY PORTABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLIANCE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, UPRIGHT ELONGATED HANDLE MEANS CARRYING A HAND GRIP TO ENABLE GRIPPING BY ONE HAND, A CAMERA SUPPORT ARM CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, CAMERA ENGAGING AND CONNECTING MEANS CARRIED ON SAID SUPPORT ARM ADJACENT THE EXTENDED END OF SAID ARM FOR CARRYING A CAMERA IN PIVOTABLY ADJUSTABLE RELATION THEREWITH, A BRACKET PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID HANDLE MEANS TO PIVOT ABOUT AN AXIS THAT IS TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, SAID BRACKET HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM WHICH EXTENDS GENERALLY PARALLEL AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT THE CAMERA SUPPORT ARM EXTENDS FROM THE HANDLE MEANS, AND LIGHT BAR MEANS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A PLURALITY OF SOCKETS THEREIN TOGETHER WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS THEREFOR, SAID SOCKETS EACH BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A LIGHT THEREIN, MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID HOUSING TO THE EXTENDED END OF SAID BRACKET ARM FOR PIVOTING RELATIVE TO SAID BRACKET ARM ABOUT AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, AND THE MEANS CONNECTING THE HOUSING OF THE LIGHT BAR MEANS TO THE BRACKET ARM BEING LOCATED ABOVE SAID CAMERA ENGAGING AND CONNECTING MEANS.