Bridge mount device and system

• US 10,100,871 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knight Vision, LLLP
• Original Assignee: Knight Vision, LLLP
• Inventors: DiCarlo, Joseph A., McCreight, Jr., Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salone, Bayan
• Application Number:
  US14/926,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20160120296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 29428, 2482051, 248214, 2482991, 2483091, 2483168, 248320, 3616793, 359819, 359821-823
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/025 with a holder or item rotatably connected to the fastening device, e.g. having a rotation axis perpendicular to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0541 Eyeglasses or spectacles
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/045 with at least a pair of arms pivoting relatively to at least one other arm, all arms being mounted on one pin crank-pins F16C11/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/10 Arrangements for locking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A bridge mount device, system, and related methods are disclosed. The bridge mount device has a mounting shoe. A connector is affixed to the mounting shoe. A bridge assembly has at least two bridge arms, wherein each of the bridge arms has an optical device mount. The at least two bridge arms are detachably connected to the connector. The mounting shoe is vertically offset from the bridge assembly and horizontally adjustable relative to the bridge assembly.

Claims

1. A bridge mount device comprising:

a mounting shoe having dovetail-angled sides forming a width thereof;

a connector affixed to the mounting shoe;

a shelf affixed to the connector, the shelf having a width exceeding the width of the mounting shoe, wherein the shelf has top side and an underside, wherein at least one of the top side and the underside has a substantially planar shelf engagement surface; and

a bridge assembly having at least two bridge arms, each having an optical device mount, wherein the at least two bridge arms are detachably connected to the shelf through contact with the substantially planar shelf engagement surface of the at least one of the top side and the underside of the shelf, and wherein the mounting shoe is vertically and horizontally offset from the bridge assembly.

2. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two bridge arms has an optical device mount.

3. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises an angled leg, wherein the angled leg extends between the shelf and the mounting shoe at a non-perpendicular angle.

4. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the at least two bridge arms are detachably connected to the substantially planar surface of the top side of the shelf.

5. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the at least two bridge arms are detachably connected to the substantially planar surface of the underside of the shelf.

6. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the shelf further comprises at least one guide positioned on at least one of a forward and a backward edge of the shelf, wherein the at least one guide orients the at least two bridge arms to the shelf.

7. The bridge mount device of claim 1, further comprising at least one arm removal fastener removably affixing at least one bridge arm of the at least two bridge arms to the shelf.

8. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two bridge arms further comprises a pivot connection, wherein the optical device mount of each bridge arm is rotatable about the pivot connection, wherein a pivot force adjustment fastener is positioned at least partially in the pivot connection, wherein the pivot force adjustment fastener controls a pivot force of the pivot connection.

9. The bridge mount device of claim 8, further comprising a locking latch engagable with the pivot connection, wherein the locking latch locks the pivot connection in a nonrotatable state.

10. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the optical device mount of each bridge arm is movable in a lateral direction relative to the bridge arm.

11. The bridge mount device of claim 10, wherein a distance between a first optical device mount on a first bridge arm and a second optical device mount on a second bridge arm is adjustable.

12. The bridge mount device of claim 11, further comprising a guide structure controlling movement of the optical device mount in the lateral direction.

13. The bridge mount device of claim 12, wherein a locking tab controls a frictional state of the guide structure to control a movement of the optical device mount in the lateral direction.

14. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the mounting shoe is horizontally offset from the bridge assembly with a front edge of the mount shoe facing the bridge assembly, wherein the front edge of the mounting shoe has a smaller width than a rear edge of the mounting shoe.

15. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein the mounting shoe is horizontally offset from the bridge assembly with a rear edge of the mount shoe facing the bridge assembly, wherein a front edge of the mounting shoe has a smaller width than the rear edge of the mounting shoe.

23. The bridge mount device of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two bridge arms have ends which substantially interconnect with one another when the at least two bridge arms are connected to the shelf.

16. A bridge mount device comprising:

a mounting shoe having dovetail-angled sides forming a width thereof;

a connector affixed to the mounting shoe; and

a bridge assembly having at least two bridge arms, each having an optical device mount, wherein the at least two bridge arms are detachably connected to the connector, and wherein the mounting shoe is horizontally adjustable from the bridge assembly.

17. The bridge mounting device of claim 16, wherein the connector further comprises a rail and a shelf, wherein the rail is positioned between the mounting shoe and the shelf, wherein the mounting shoe is adjustable along a length of the rail.

18. The bridge mounting device of claim 17, wherein the rail is rotatable relative to the shelf.

19. The bridge mounting device of claim 17, wherein the rail has a portion with a slot formed therein, wherein the slot is substantially parallel to the length of the rail, wherein the mounting shoe is movably mounted to the slot.

20. The bridge mounting device of claim 16, further comprising an arm fastener connecting each of the bridge arms to the connector, wherein each of the bridge arms is rotatable about the arm fastener.

21. The bridge mounting device of claim 20, wherein an optical alignment of optical devices carried on each of the bridge arms, respectively, is controlled with the arm fastener for each of the bridge arms.

22. An optical device bridge mount device comprising:

a mounting shoe;

a connector affixed to the mounting shoe; and

a bridge assembly having at least two bridge arms, each bridge arm having an optical device mount with an optical device connected thereto; and

a fastener connecting each bridge arm to the connector, wherein an alignment of optical paths of the optical devices is adjustable.