HOLDING ELEMENT FOR A CAMERA AND CAMERA ARRANGEMENT, HOLDING ELEMENT AND A HELMET

• US 20170322481A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tormaxx GmbH
• Original Assignee: Tormaxx GmbH
• Inventors: KOCH, Hubert
• Application Number:
  US15/528,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20170322481A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/04 Parts, details or accessories of helmets
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/042 Optical devices night vision goggles G02B23/12
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

Brackets for cameras on ski helmets must, on the one hand, hold the camera securely on the helmet and on the other hand, also permit a releasable attachment. To further develop such a bracket, the bracket includes a release unit, which when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, the camera is released from the bracket at a defined point. As a result, the forces occurring in the event of a crash are transferred from the camera via the bracket to the helmet up to a defined limit only. Injuries when wearing the helmet are thus avoided.

Claims

1. A bracket (1) for a camera, wherein it comprises a release unit, which when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, releases the camera from the bracket at a defined point.

2. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein the release unit releases the camera together with a holding part (2, 16) of the release unit.

3. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein the release unit comprises a mounting bracket (13, 14), which when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, bends in such a way that the camera is released from the bracket (1).

4. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein the release unit comprises a predetermined breaking point (32, 33, 37, 38), which when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, breaks thereby releasing the camera from the bracket (1).

5. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein the release unit comprises a magnetic connection, which when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, releases the camera from the bracket (1).

6. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein a holding part (2, 16) is designed for fastening the camera to the bracket (1) and a fixing part (3, 24) is designed for fastening the bracket (1) to a helmet.

7. The bracket according to claim 6, wherein the holding part (2, 16) comprises an arm (5, 6, 7) with at least one slot (8, 9).

8. The bracket according to claim 6, wherein the fixing part (3, 24) is designed as a base (11).

9. The bracket according claim 6, wherein the fixing part (3, 24) comprises an adhesive surface (12).

10. The bracket according to claim 6, wherein the holding part (2, 16) can be inserted into the fixing part (3, 24).

11. The bracket according to claim 10, wherein the holding part (2, 16) locks into the fixing part (3, 24).

12. The bracket according to claim 10, wherein the holding part (2, 16) or the fixing part (3, 24) can be fixed with a swivel bracket (43).

13. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein the defined load is a breaking load between 10 N and 1000 N.

14. A bracket in particular according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a base plate made of an elastomer with three, preferably four connecting elements, which extend from the base plate in different directions.

15. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein the connecting elements are releasably fastened to the base plate.

16. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein the base plate is rectangular or square and the connecting elements are arranged at the corners.

17. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein the connecting elements have fastening elements, which allow them to be fastened to a helmet under tension.

18. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein the connecting elements are length-adjustable.

19. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein suction cups are arranged on a contact side of the base plate.

20. The bracket system according to claim 19, wherein the suction cups are arranged to form a rectangle or a square.

21. The bracket system according to claim 16, wherein the suction cups are attached to the base plate so as to be movable.

22. The bracket system according to claim 14, wherein on one holding side of the base plate, it comprises a locking device for attaching for example a helmet camera.

23. An arrangement of camera, bracket and helmet, wherein, when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, the camera is released from the helmet.

24. The arrangement according to claim 23, wherein, when a defined load on the cameras is exceeded, the camera is released from the bracket.

25. The arrangement according to claim 24, wherein, when a defined load on the camera is exceeded, the camera is released from a holding part (2, 16) of the bracket (1).