Camera enclosure wall mount

• US 6,824,318 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2003
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pelco (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Pelco (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Toste, David L. A., Houser, Joshua S., Traser, Terrence
• Primary Examiner(s): Mahoney, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US10/654,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20040096209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 396/427, 396/419, 348/143, 348/373, 248/181.1
• US Class Current: 396/427
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

The present invention is an adjustable aesthetically pleasing support structure for a large surveillance camera that is resistant to water and moisture penetration and protects the wires connected to the camera while providing a wide range of adjustable viewing angles for the attached camera.

Claims

1. An adjustable support structure for a surveillance camera comprising a surface mountable base, an elongated arm attached at one end to said base and having a socket at the opposite end, a first rotatable member for adjustable engagement with said socket, a second rotatable member for adjustable engagement with said first rotatable member, and an upper platform attached to said second rotatable member for supporting a surveillance camera wherein said first rotatable member is rotatably adjustable around a first axis, said second rotatable member is adjustably rotatable around a second axis, and an internal channel is provided from said base through said arm and said rotatable members to said platform through which at least one wire may be threaded.

2. The camera support structure of claim 1 wherein a first set screw is provided to fix the position of said first rotatable member relative to said arm, and a second set screw is provided to fix the position of said second rotatable member relative to said first rotatable member.

3. The camera support structure of claim 1 wherein said socket includes an upwardly extending annular lip having an outer angled surface, and said first rotatable member includes a bell-shaped lower journal section having an angled annular interior surface for slidable engagement against the angled surface of said socket.

4. The camera support structure of claim 3 wherein the angled surface of said socket and the interior surface of said journal section each have a large mating area to provide increased friction for holding a heavy camera in a fixed position.

5. The camera support structure of claim 4 wherein said first rotatable member includes an upper hemispherical cup having an axis that is oriented perpendicular to the axis of said bell shaped member, said cup having an interior surface for slidable engagement against a second journal section of said second rotatable member.

6. The camera support structure of claim 5 wherein the interior surface of said cup and said second journal section each have a large mating area to provide increased friction for holding a heavy camera in a fixed position.

7. The camera support structure of claim 6 wherein said first rotatable member is capable of rotating through an arc of about 300 degrees.

8. The camera support structure of claim 7 wherein said second rotatable member is capable of rotating through an arc of about 180 degrees.

9. An adjustable support structure for a surveillance camera comprising a base, an elongated arm attached at one end to said base and having an opposite end, a first rotatable member adjustably engaged with said opposite end, a second rotatable member adjustably engaged with said first rotatable member, and an upper platform attached to said second rotatable member for supporting said surveillance camera wherein said first rotatable member is adjustably rotatable around a first axis, and said second rotatable member is adjustably rotatable around a second axis, and an internal channel is provided from said base through said arm and said rotatable members to said platform through which at least one wire may be inserted.

10. The support structure of claim 9 wherein said first axis is generally perpendicular to said second axis.

11. The support structure of claim 10 wherein said opposite end of said elongated arm includes an upwardly extending annular lip having an outer angled surface.

12. The support structure of claim 11 wherein said first rotatable member includes a bell-shaped lower journal section having an angled annular interior surface for slidable engagement against the angled surface of said opposite end of said elongated arm.

13. The support structure of claim 12 wherein the angled surface of said opposite end of said elongated arm and the interior surface of said journal section each have a large mating area to provide increased friction for holding a heavy camera in a fixed position.

14. The support structure of claim 13 wherein said first rotatable member includes an upper hemispherical cup having an axis that is oriented perpendicular to the axis of said bell shaped member, said cup having an interior surface for slidable engagement against a second journal section of said second rotatable member.

15. The support structure of claim 14 wherein the interior surface of said cup and said second journal section each have a large mating area to provide increased friction for holding a heavy camera in a fixed position.

16. The support structure of claim 10 wherein said first rotatable member is capable of rotating through an arc of about 300 degrees.

17. The support structure of claim 10 wherein said second rotatable member is capable of rotating through an arc of about 180 degrees.

18. An adjustable support structure for a surveillance camera comprising a mounting means, an elongated connecting means attached at one end to said mounting means and having a receiving means at the opposite end, a first rotatable support means for adjustable engagement with said receiving means, a second rotatable support means for adjustable engagement with said first support means, and a second mounting means attached to said second support means for holding said camera wherein said first support means is adjustably rotatable around a first axis, and said second support means is adjustably rotatable around a second axis that is perpendicular to said first axis.