Camera mount for vehicles
First Claim
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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Abstract
A camera mount for supporting a camera at the outside of a vehicle, including two vertical guides along which two slides are movable upwardly and downwardly to differently adjusted levels and which carry a platform on which a camera can be mounted, with the platform being adjustable horizontally relative to the slides and having pivotal connections with the slides to facilitate adjustment of the platform without the possibility of a binding action. The device may be connected to a vehicle by two upper connector elements adapted to rest on the upper edge of a door frame, and two lower elements attached to vertically adjustable lower portions or structures of the device and engageable with the vehicle at a lower level. The lower structures have projections extending telescopically upwardly into the two vertical guides of the device, and have tubular elements projecting upwardly about coacting downwardly projecting elements of the upper portion of the device, in telescoping relation, with the lower vehicle contacting elements being slidably adjustable along this second telescopic assembly.
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Citations
28 Claims
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1. A camera mount comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A camera mount comprising:
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two elongated guides secured together in parallel spaced relation; means for attaching said guides removably to a vehicle in essentially vertically extending positions at a side of the vehicle and spaced horizontally apart; 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 slides and adapted to be attached to and carry a camera; and two bearing structures connecting said camera support at spaced locations to said two slides respectively for pivotal movement of the camera support relative to the slides about two axes which extend generally horizontally and are retained in parallel relation as the camera support pivots relative to said slides. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A camera mount comprising:
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a first pair of elongated guides secured together in parallel spaced relation; a second pair of elongated guides parallel to and spaced from said guides of the first pair respectively; means for mounting said two pairs of elongated 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 said guides and adapted to engage and be located by a first portion of the vehicle; a first pair of slides mounted on said first pair of elongated 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 first pair of guides and adapted to be attached to and carry a camera; a second pair of slides mounted on said second pair of elongated guides respectively and guided thereby for upward and downward sliding adjustment relative thereto; said mounting means including lower vehicle contacting means connected to said second pair of slides and adjustable upwardly and downwardly therewith and adapted to engage and be located by the vehicle at locations spaced beneath said upper vehicle contacting means. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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Specification