Mobile camera mount

• US 5,246,193 A
• Filed: 12/23/1992
• Issued: 09/21/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Warren E. Faidley
• Original Assignee: Warren E. Faidley
• Inventors: Faidley, Warren E.
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSS, J
• Application Number:
  US07/995,783
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 248/206.3, 248/206.4, 248/309.1, 248/309.3, 354/76, 354/126, 354/293, 354/295, 224/311, 224/321, 224/42.45 R, 224/42.46 R, 224/908
• US Class Current: 248/206.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/00 Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

A mobile camera mounting device suitable for use within a vehicle for filming activities exterior to the vehicle. The mount, using two suction cups, attaches to the windshield and is secured thereto. The suction cups are attached via swivel blocks to the camera mount. The camera attaches to a horizontal member and is used to record images exterior to the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, a brace member extends from the horizontal member holding the camera to the windshield or other suitable bracing point. This brace member provides a significant amount of stabilizing since the mount now is secured by three different points.

Claims

1. A portable mount comprising:

a) a bracket having,

1) two legs, and,

2) a middle member, said middle member connecting said two legs;

b) a fastening means positioned on said middle member for securing an object to said middle member;

c) two securing means for selective attachment to a planar surface and being swivelally connected to said legs of said bracket;

d) a brace member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said brace member being slideably attachable to said middle member.

2. The mount according to claim 1 wherein the second end of said brace member is encircled by a cushioning mechanism.

3. The mount according to claim 1 further including a third securing means swivelally connected to the second end of said brace member.

4. The mount according to claim 3 wherein said securing means are operator activatable suction cups.

5. The mount according to claim 4 further including an interconnection means for rigidly interconnecting the end portion of said two legs.

6. The mount according to claim 4 wherein said legs are disconnectable from said middle member.

7. A camera system for mounting to a vehicle'"'"'s windshield, said system comprising:

a) a bracket having,

1) two legs each of which having an end portion, and,

2) a middle member, said middle member connectable to said two legs at substantially right angles to each of said legs, said middle member having a camera fastening mechanism positioned substantially in the center of said middle member;

b) two suction cups, each suction cup swivelally attached to one of said legs, each of said suction cups attachable to a vehicle'"'"' windshield; and

,

c) a camera for automatically recording a series of images, said camera being attached to the camera fastening mechanism such that said camera is focussed on images exterior to said vehicle.

8. The camera system according to claim 7 further including a brace member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said brace member being attachable to said middle member.

9. The camera system according to claim 8 wherein said first end of said brace member is slideably attachable to said middle member.

10. The camera system according to claim 9 wherein the second end of said brace member is encircled by a cushioning mechanism.

11. The camera system according to claim 9 further including a third suction cup connected to the second end of said brace member.

12. The camera system according to claim 7 further including an interconnection member being connectable to the end portion of said two legs.