Surveillance housing assembly

• US 4,764,008 A
• Filed: 11/19/1987
• Issued: 08/16/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clifford T. Wren
• Original Assignee: Clifford T. Wren
• Inventors: Wren, Clifford T.
• Primary Examiner(s): MATHEWS, ALAN A
• Application Number:
  US07/122,935
• Time in Patent Office: 271 Days
• Field of Search: 354/81, 354/293, 352/242, 352/243, 358/108, 358/210, 358/229
• US Class Current: 396/427
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles

Abstract

A novel and useful surveillance camera housing assembly is provided. The assembly is easily mounted as a sturdy arrangement as a rectangular section of a suspended ceiling. A pair of side supports of the assembly extend over the cross forming inverted T-shaped ceiling support members which define the rectangular section and rest on the outer edges of each of the inverted T-shaped ceiling supporting members. A bridge spans the side supports from which a surveillance camera mounting depends. A frame with radiating legs is attached to the camera mounting. An inner dome is attached to the frame in a quick detachable relationship. An outer dome with a rectangular base approximating the size of the rectangular section is provided along one edge with horizontally projecting ears for supporting the outer dome between two parallel disposed inverted T-shaped ceiling support members when the outerdome is pivotted downwardly about the horizontal axis of the ear bearing edges of the outer dome.

Claims

1. In a surveillance camera housing assembly mounted as a suspended ceiling portion formed by cross-forming inverted T-shaped ceiling supporing members the improvement wherein the assembly includes a dome of preselected transparency with a base approximately the size of its said ceiling portion with one edge of said dome being provided with a horizantally extending edge for suspending the same between two parallel disposed spaced apart inverted T-shaped members as the dome is pivoted downwardly about the horziontal axis of the eared edge of the dome.

2. A surveillance camera housing assembly for mounting as a suspended ceiling portion formed by cross-forming inverted T-shaped ceiling supporting members comprising;

a pair of generally parallel spaced apart support members;

a bridge spanning the support members to form a generally rigid structure therewith;

a surveillance camera mounting depending downwardly from the bridge;

a frame with a plurality of radiating legs attached to said camera mounting;

an inner dome with preselected transparency and pliancy, said inner dome and the legs of the frame being engaged in quick detatchable relationship;

an outer dome of preselected transparency and pliancy with a base approximating the size of the said ceiling portion; and

one edge of the outer dome being provided with a horizontally extending edge for suspending the same between two parallel disposed spaced apart inverted T-shaped members as the outer dome is pivoted downwardly about the horizontal axis of the eared edge of the outerdome.

3. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 2, wherein the support members have an inverted L-shaped cross-section adapted to extend over and to rest longitudinally on each of the outer edges of a first pair of parallel disposed ceiling suspending members.

4. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 3 wherein each end of both support members is provided with a downwardly projecting finger that extend over the upwardly projecting stem and to rest on each of the outer edges of a second pair of parallel disposed ceiling suspending members.

5. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 4 wherein the legs of the frame have ends with outwardly projecting pins.

6. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 5 wherein the inner dome is provided with a plurality of circumferentially disposed holes near the top of the dome for quick detatchable arrangement with the pins of the legs of the frame.

7. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 6 wherein the ears are provided by a strip attached along one edge of the outer dome and having a length slightly longer than the length of the edge.

8. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 2 wherein the camera assembly is motorized.

9. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 2 wherein the camera is a closed circuit television monitoring device.

10. The surveillance camera housing assembly of claim 2 wherein the edges of the inverted T-shaped members provide the sole support of the assembly.