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Camera mount for vehicles

  • US 4,615,597 A
  • Filed: 01/07/1985
  • Issued: 10/07/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A camera mount comprising:

  • two tubular guides secured together in parallel spaced relation;

    means for mounting said guides at a side of a vehicle in essentially vertically extending positions and spaced horizontally apart;

    said mounting means including upper vehicle contacting means connected to upper portions of said vertically extending guides and adapted to engage and be located by a first portion of the vehicle;

    two slides mounted on said two guides respectively and guided thereby for upward and downward adjusting movement relative thereto;

    a camera support carried by and movable upwardly and downwardly with said two slides and adapted to be attached to and carry a camera;

    two elongated members connected at their upper ends to said guides and projecting downwardly generally parallel thereto;

    two lower structures adjustable upwardly and downwardly relative to said guides and members;

    said lower structures including two elements projecting upwardly into and telescopically and slidably interfitting with said two tubular guides respectively for upward and downward sliding adjustment relative thereto, and two tubular members connected at lower ends to said two elements respectively and projecting upwardly about said two elongated members respectively and slidably and telescopically adjustable upwardly and downwardly relative thereto with said two elements; and

    two additional slides mounted on said two tubular members respectively of said lower structures and guided thereby for upward and downward sliding adjustment relative thereto;

    said mounting means including lower vehicle contacting means connected to said two additional slides and adjustable upwardly and downwardly therewith and adapted to engage and be located by the vehicle at a location spaced beneath said upper vehicle contacting means.

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