A surveyors tripod that has been assembled from several different tripods in various states of disrepair.
They will often have a
black table atop two orange hinges and a green hinge. They often have 1
wooden leg, 1 aluminum leg, and 1
fiberglass leg. They often as not have three different feet from three different manufacturers.
J.R.: "Did you see that
freaking FrankenPod that Charley gave me to use
yesterday?"
Osmond: "No mon, how bad was it?"
Chris: "The newest part on it was used by Lewis & Clark on their voyage of
discovery"