Protective enclosure assembly

• US 9,057,933 B1
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles C. Montgomery Jr
• Original Assignee: Charles C. Montgomery Jr
• Inventors: Montgomery, Charles C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mahoney, Christopher
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Linda B
• Application Number:
  US14/199,314
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 396/427
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/38 Camera cases, e.g. of ever-ready type
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories

Abstract

A protective enclosure assembly for housing a wildlife surveillance camera includes a housing positionable proximate a stanchion. The housing has a camera aperture extending therethrough. A cable is operationally coupled between the housing and the stanchion. The housing is retained on the stanchion. A spacer is positionable within the housing. A camera is positioned within the spacer. The camera is retained proximate the camera aperture. A door is operationally coupled to the housing. The door selectively closes the housing.

Claims

1. A protective enclosure assembly for housing a wildlife surveillance camera such that the camera and a camera power supply are protected from damage and theft, said assembly comprising:

a housing positionable proximate a stanchion, said housing having a camera aperture extending therethrough;

a cable operationally coupled between said housing and the stanchion such that said housing is retained on the stanchion;

a spacer positionable within said housing, the camera being positioned within said spacer such that the camera is retained proximate said camera aperture, said spacer being positioned between said camera and a bottom side of said housing, the camera being positionable between each of a pair of lateral arms of said spacer such that each of an upper side and a lower side of the camera abuts an uppermost side of an associated one of a pair of lateral arms of said spacer, a lens side of the camera facing a front side of an outer wall of said housing such that a lens of the camera is aligned with an associated one of a plurality of camera apertures; and

a door operationally coupled to said housing such that said door selectively closes said housing.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a back side of an outer wall of said housing having a pair of cable apertures extending therethrough, each of said pair of cable apertures being positioned proximate a top side of said outer wall of said housing, each of said pair of cable apertures being spaced apart such that each of said pair of cable apertures is positioned proximate an associated one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a second lateral side of an outer wall of said housing being open to access an interior of said housing.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a cable lock coupled to a first end of said cable.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a second end of said cable being extended through a first one of a pair of cable apertures such that said cable extends around the stanchion, said second end of said cable being further extended through a second one of said pair of cable apertures such that said second end of said cable engages a cable lock having said cable lock being positioned within an interior of said housing, said cable retaining said housing at a selected point on the stanchion.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said camera aperture extending through a front side of an outer wall of said housing.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said lateral arms each extending laterally away from a forward side of a longitudinal arm of said spacer, said pair of lateral arms of said spacer being positioned proximate an associated one of opposite ends of said longitudinal arm of said spacer such that said spacer is C-shaped.

8. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of a bottom one of a said pair of lateral arms of said spacer abutting a top surface of a bottom side of an outer wall of said housing and a top surface of a top one of said pair of lateral arms of said spacer abutting a bottom surface of a top side of said outer wall of said housing when said spacer is positioned within an interior of said housing, said spacer abutting an inside surface of a front side of said outer wall of said housing such that a plurality of said camera apertures are positioned between each of said top and bottom lateral arms of said spacer.

9. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a frontward edge of said door being hingedly coupled to a front side of an outer wall of said housing.

10. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said door being positionable in a closed position such that said door covers a second lateral side of an outer wall of said housing, said door being positionable in an open position such that said second lateral side of said housing is exposed.

11. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a clasp coupled to a back side of an outer wall of said housing such that a free end of said clasp is positioned proximate a second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing.

12. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein said camera aperture being one of a plurality of camera apertures being evenly spaced apart such that said plurality of camera apertures are distributed between a top side and a bottom side of said outer wall of said housing.

13. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said free end of said clasp engaging a tab coupled to a rearward edge of said door when said door is positioned in a closed position such that said clasp retains said door in said closed position.

14. A protective enclosure assembly for housing a wildlife surveillance camera such that the surveillance camera and a camera power supply are protected from damage and theft, said assembly comprising:

a housing positionable proximate a stanchion, a second lateral side of an outer wall of said housing being open to access an interior of said housing, a front side of said outer wall of said housing having a camera aperture extending therethrough;

said camera aperture being one of a plurality of camera apertures being evenly spaced apart such that said plurality of camera apertures are distributed between a top side and a bottom side of said outer wall of said housing;

a back side of said outer wall of said housing having a pair of cable apertures extending therethrough, each of said pair of cable apertures being positioned proximate said top side of said outer wall of said housing, each of said pair of cable apertures being spaced apart such that each of said pair of cable apertures is positioned proximate an associated one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing;

a cable having a cable lock coupled to a first end of said cable, a second end of said cable being extended through a first one of said pair of cable apertures such that said cable extends around the stanchion, said second end of said cable being further extended through a second one of said pair of cable apertures such that said second end of said cable engages a cable lock having said cable lock being positioned within an interior of said housing, said cable retaining said housing at a selected point on the stanchion;

a spacer having a pair of lateral arms each extending laterally away from a forward side of a longitudinal arm of said spacer, said pair of lateral arms of said spacer being positioned proximate an associated one of opposite ends of said longitudinal arm of said spacer such that said spacer is C-shaped, said spacer being positionable within said housing such that a bottom surface of a bottom one of a pair of lateral arms of said spacer abuts a top surface of said bottom side of said outer wall of said housing and a top surface of a top one of said pair of lateral arms of said spacer abuts a bottom surface of said top side of said outer wall of said housing, said spacer abutting an inside surface of said front side of said outer wall of said housing such that said plurality of camera apertures is positioned between each of said top and bottom lateral arms of said spacer;

the camera being positionable between each of said pair of lateral arms of said spacer such that each of an upper side and a lower side of the camera abuts an uppermost side of an associated one of said pair of lateral arms of said spacer, a lens side of the camera facing said front side of said outer wall of said housing such that a lens of the camera is aligned with an associated one of said plurality of camera apertures;

a frontward edge of a door being hingedly coupled to said front side of said outer wall of said housing, said door being positionable in an open position such that said second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing is exposed to access said interior of said housing, said door being positionable in a closed position such that said door covers said second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing; and

a clasp coupled to said back side of said outer wall of said housing such that a free end of said clasp is positioned proximate said second lateral side of said outer wall of said housing, said free end of said clasp engaging a tab coupled to a rearward edge of said door when said door is positioned in said closed position such that said clasp retains said door in said closed position.