Video camera mounting apparatus

• US 6,286,796 B1
• Filed: 12/28/1999
• Issued: 09/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andy J. Pugliesi
• Original Assignee: Andy J. Pugliesi
• Inventors: Pugliesi, Andy J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SZUMNY, JONATHON A
• Application Number:
  US09/473,088
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 396/419, 396/428, 108/158, 108/147.17, 108/149, 108/157.1, 124/86, 124/88, 248/220.22, 248/222.14, 248/187.1, 248/230.8, 248/231.9, 248/221.11, 182/92, 182/187, 411/389, 411/388
• US Class Current: 248/187.1
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1492 with cameras; mounting of cameras on bows

Abstract

A video camera mounting apparatus for mounting to a bow. The video camera mounting apparatus is mountable in the stabilizer mounting hole of a bow. The apparatus comprises a camera support for supporting the video camera thereon. The camera support comprises a first plate and a second plate. The second plate is fixedly coupled to an edge of the first plate. A camera support mounting apparatus for mounting the camera support to the bow comprises a bore in the second plate, and a securing means for releasably securing the second plate to the bore. The securing means is inserted through the bore in the second plate and into the stabilizer mounting hole.

Claims

1. A video camera mounting apparatus, the apparatus being mountable in a stabilizer mounting hole of a bow, said apparatus comprising:

a camera support for supporting a video camera thereon, said camera support comprising a first plate, said first plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges;

said camera support comprising a second plate, said second plate being fixedly coupled to an edge of said first plate, said second plate having a front surface, a back surface, a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges, said first edge of said second plate being integrally coupled to said first edge of said first plate such that said front surface faces said first plate, said first and second plate having planes oriented generally perpendicular to each other;

a camera support mounting apparatus for mounting the camera support to said bow comprising;

a bore in said second plate; and

a securing means for releasably securing said second plate to said bow, said securing means being inserted through said bore in said second plate for coupling to the stabilizer mounting hole; and

a camera securing apparatus adapted for securing the camera to the camera support comprising;

an upstanding member for preventing movement of the video camera with respect to said camera support, said upstanding member being fixedly coupled to said top surface of said first plate.

2. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said upstanding member is generally located along a longitudinal axis bisecting said first and second edges of said first plate, said upstanding member being located generally nearer said first edge than said second edge of said first plate.

3. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said camera securing apparatus further comprises:

a bore in said first plate; and

a fastening means for releasably fastening the video camera to said first plate, said fastening means extending through said bore in said first plate for coupling to a bottom portion of the video camera.

4. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said camera securing apparatus further comprises:

a pair of slots, each of said slots being in said first plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to one of said first and third edges of said plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to said first and fourth edges of said plate;

a strap for removably holding the video camera against said first plate, said strap having a first end and a second end, said first end of said strap being fixedly coupled in and about one of said slots, said second end of said strap having a fastening means thereon such that said second end of said strap may be run through the other of said slots and fastened to itself.

5. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said bore in said second plate is generally located adjacent to said second edge of said second plate, said bore being located generally along a longitudinal axis of said second plate intersecting said first and second edges of said second plate.

6. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said securing means of said camera mounting support apparatus comprises a screw and an extension screw, wherein said screw is insertable in said bore in said second plate and into an end of said extension screw, said extension screw being insertable into the stabilizer mounting hole.

7. A video camera mounting apparatus for mounting to a stabilizer mounting hole of a bow, said apparatus comprising:

a camera support for supporting a video camera thereon, said camera support comprising a first plate, said first plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges;

said camera support comprising a second plate, said second plate being fixedly coupled to an edge of said first plate, said second plate having a front surface, a back surface, a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges, said first edge of said second plate being integrally coupled to said first edge of said first plate such that said front surface faces said first plate, said first and second plate having planes oriented generally perpendicular to each other;

a camera support mounting apparatus for mounting the camera

support to said bow comprising;

a bore in said second plate; and

a securing means for releasably securing said second plate to said bow, said securing means being inserted through said bore in said second plate for coupling to the stabilizer mounting hole; and

a camera securing apparatus adapted for securing the camera to the camera support comprising;

a bore in said first plate; and

a fastening means for releasably fastening the video camera to said first plate, said fastening means extending through said bore in said first plate for coupling to a bottom portion of the video camera.

8. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said camera securing apparatus further comprises:

a pair of slots, each of said slots being in said first plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to one of said first and third edges of said plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to said first and fourth edges of said plate;

a strap for removably holding the video camera against said first plate, said strap having a first end and a second end, said first end of said strap being fixedly coupled in and about one of said slots, said second end of said strap having a fastening means thereon such that said second end of said strap may be run through the other of said slots and fastened to itself.

9. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said bore in said second plate is generally located adjacent to said second edge of said second plate, said bore being located generally along a longitudinal axis of said second plate intersecting said first and second edges of said second plate.

10. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said securing means of said camera mounting support apparatus comprises a screw and an extension screw, wherein said screw is insertable in said bore in said second plate and into an end of said extension screw, said extension screw being insertable into the stabilizer mounting hole.

11. A video camera mounting apparatus for mounting to a stabilizer mounting hole of a bow, said apparatus comprising:

a camera support for supporting a video camera thereon, said camera support comprising a first plate, said first plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges;

said camera support comprising a second plate, said second plate being fixedly coupled to an edge of said first plate, said second plate having a front surface, a back surface, a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges being opposite edges, said first edge of said second plate being integrally coupled to said first edge of said first plate such that said front surface faces said first plate, said first and second plate having planes oriented generally perpendicular to each other;

a camera support mounting apparatus for mounting the camera support to said bow comprising;

a bore in said second plate; and

a securing means for releasably securing said second plate to said bow, said securing means being inserted through said bore in said second plate for coupling to the stabilizer mounting hole; and

a camera securing apparatus adapted for securing tile camera to the camera support comprising;

a pair of slots, each of said slots being in said first plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to one of said first and third edges of said plate, one of said slots being located generally adjacent to said first and fourth edges of said plate; and

a strap for removably holding the video camera against said first plate, said strap having a first end and a second end, said first end of said strap being fixedly coupled in and about one of said slots, said second end of said strap having a fastening means thereon such that said second end of said strap may be run through the other of said slots and fastened to itself.

12. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 11, wherein said bore in said second plate is generally located adjacent to said second edge of said second plate, said bore being located generally along a longitudinal axis of said second plate intersecting said first and second edges of said second plate.

13. The video camera mounting apparatus as in claim 11, wherein said securing means of said camera mounting support apparatus comprises a screw and an extension screw, wherein said screw is insertable in said bore in said second plate and into an end of said extension screw, said extension screw being insertable into the stabilizer mounting hole.