Mounting system for body mounted camera equipment
First Claim
1. A mounting system for body mounted camera equipment, comprisinga tube assembly including a tube having a first, upper end and a second, lower end, the second, lower end having flanges extending radially outwardly from the tube;
- a first attachment on the first, upper end of the tube assembly;
a second attachment;
a clamp including a mounting fixed to the second attachment, a split clamp ring fixed to the mounting, a bore through the split clamp ring and the mounting, grooves in the split clamp ring and the mounting extending longitudinally about the periphery of the bore and sized to axially receive the flanges, the mounting having a shoulder adjacent the grooves to receive and inter-engage the flanges through placement and rotation of the second, lower end of the tube assembly in the clamp, the split clamp ring being axially compressible against the second, lower end.
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Abstract
A mounting system for supporting body mounted camera equipment. A three-axis gimbal supports a tube assembly which has provision for mounting a camera at the upper end thereof, a video monitor near the bottom and modular equipment associated with the lower end. The structural tube assembly has radially extending flanges to be received by a clamp which interlocks with the flanges and then may be tightened about the lower portion of the tube assembly. An electrical connection is also made at the lower end of the tube assembly. The modular equipment includes a junction box. A battery hanger or a universal gyro mount are disclosed in association with the lower junction box. The universal gyro mount includes a telescoping tube structure providing attachment flanges at either end as well as intermediate ends for flywheels. Many degrees of freedom are available for the mount position and extent as well as for the orientation of the flywheel units.
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17 Claims
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1. A mounting system for body mounted camera equipment, comprising
a tube assembly including a tube having a first, upper end and a second, lower end, the second, lower end having flanges extending radially outwardly from the tube; -
a first attachment on the first, upper end of the tube assembly; a second attachment; a clamp including a mounting fixed to the second attachment, a split clamp ring fixed to the mounting, a bore through the split clamp ring and the mounting, grooves in the split clamp ring and the mounting extending longitudinally about the periphery of the bore and sized to axially receive the flanges, the mounting having a shoulder adjacent the grooves to receive and inter-engage the flanges through placement and rotation of the second, lower end of the tube assembly in the clamp, the split clamp ring being axially compressible against the second, lower end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mounting system for body mounted camera equipment, comprising
a tube assembly including a tube having a first, upper end and a second, lower end, the second, lower end having flanges extending radially outwardly from the tube; -
a first attachment on the first, upper end of the tube assembly; a second attachment on the second, lower end of the tube assembly; a universal gyro mount supported by the second attachment the universal gyro mount including an elongate element and three gyro attachments each having an axis, a first and a second of the gyro attachments being at either end of the elongate element with the axes aligned, the third of the gyro attachments including an attachment clamp on the elongate element with the axis of the attachment being perpendicular to the axes of the first and second of the gyro attachments. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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Specification