Surveillance camera mounting apparatus
First Claim
1. A surveillance camera mounting apparatus for mounting a surveillance camera to a surveillance camera enclosure of the type configured for use on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall, the enclosure having at least one wall, at least a portion of said at least one wall being sufficiently transparent to enable the camera to view an area to be monitored through said at least one wall, said at least one wall having an interior surface defining a camera-housing cavity for housing the camera, the mounting apparatus comprising a body configured for holding the camera in the camera-housing cavity of the enclosure and for substantially filling voids between the camera and the interior surface of the enclosure, said body having a camera-receiving opening configured for receiving the surveillance camera, wherein said body is of a resilient material which is elastically deformable.
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Abstract
A surveillance camera mounting apparatus formed from a lightweight, elastically deformable material, such as foam plastic, for mounting a surveillance camera in a transparent enclosure of the type used on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall. The mounting apparatus comprises an elastically deformable body element which includes a camera-receiving opening for receiving and holding a surveillance camera therein. The resiliency of the body element enables a portion of the body element which surrounds the camera-receiving opening to elastically deform thereby permitting the camera-receiving opening to dilate to accommodate the surveillance camera. Due to its resiliency, the body element resists such deformation and the camera-receiving opening closes around the surveillance camera and conforms to the camera thereby holding the camera within the opening. The body element is mounted within the transparent enclosure, the resiliency of the body element enabling it to elastically deform to conform to the interior surface of the enclosure so that the body element substantially fills the space between the camera and the interior surface of the enclosure.
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17 Claims
- 1. A surveillance camera mounting apparatus for mounting a surveillance camera to a surveillance camera enclosure of the type configured for use on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall, the enclosure having at least one wall, at least a portion of said at least one wall being sufficiently transparent to enable the camera to view an area to be monitored through said at least one wall, said at least one wall having an interior surface defining a camera-housing cavity for housing the camera, the mounting apparatus comprising a body configured for holding the camera in the camera-housing cavity of the enclosure and for substantially filling voids between the camera and the interior surface of the enclosure, said body having a camera-receiving opening configured for receiving the surveillance camera, wherein said body is of a resilient material which is elastically deformable.
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9. A surveillance camera mounting apparatus for mounting a surveillance camera within a surveillance camera enclosure of the type configured for use on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall, the enclosure having at least one wall sufficiently transparent to enable the camera to view an area to be monitored through said at least one wall, said at least one wall having an interior surface defining a camera-housing cavity for housing a camera, the mounting apparatus comprising:
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a body configured for holding and shielding from view the camera in the camera-housing cavity of the enclosure and for substantially filling voids between the camera and the interior surface of the enclosure, wherein said body is of a resilient material which is elastically deformable, the resiliency permitting said body to conform to the shape of the interior surface of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of mounting a surveillance camera in a transparent surveillance camera enclosure of the type configured for use on a building surface such as a ceiling or wall, the method comprising the steps of:
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forming a body element from a resilient material which is elastically deformable so that the body element has substantially the same shape as an interior surface of the enclosure; forming a camera-receiving opening in the body element for receiving the surveillance camera, the camera-receiving opening being formed with a smaller cross-sectional area than the surveillance camera; inserting the camera into the camera-receiving opening; mounting the body element into the interior of the enclosure so that the body element substantially fills voids in the interior of the enclosure between the camera and the enclosure, the resiliency of the body element enabling it to elastically deform so that the outer surface of the body element substantially conforms to the interior surface of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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