Glove mount for GoPro® camera during scuba diving

• US 9,482,930 B1
• Filed: 12/31/2015
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel G. Ritch
• Original Assignee: Daniel G. Ritch
• Inventors: Ritch, Daniel G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perkey, Wib
• Application Number:
  US14/986,100
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0024 with accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0037 for fastening an article to the glove
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• 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 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories

Abstract

A GoPro® pivoting/swivel mount that is securely integrated with high quality Mechanix® type gloves that are used for diving.

Claims

1. A unit for mounting a GoPro®

camera on a glove comprising;

A) a glove having a palm portion, a back portion, a thumb portion and a finger portion;

B) a base which is securely mounted on the back portion of the glove adjacent to the thumb portion;

C) an arcuate rail having a bottom rim securely affixed to the base, a top rim spaced apart from the base and from the back portion of the glove;

D) a spring-biased locking pin mounted on the rail, the locking pin extending through the rail and being spring-biased radially inwardly of the arcuate rail;

E) a swivel element rotatably mounted on the base to rotate inside the circumference of the arcuate rail, the swivel element having a plurality of grooves thereon, the grooves being located on the swivel element to cooperate with the locking pin to lock the swivel element in a chosen position by engaging the locking pin in a chosen groove; and

F) a mounting element on the swivel element having a top surface on which a GoPro®

camera can be mounted.

2. The unit defined in claim 1 wherein the arcuate rail extends for 360°

.

3. The unit defined in claim 1 wherein the locking pin includes a head located outside the rail.

4. The unit defined in claim 1 wherein the glove has an inside surface and an outside surface, and the base is secured to the inside surface and the swivel element projects through the glove so the mounting element on the swivel element is located spaced apart from the outside of the glove.

5. The unit defined in claim 1 further including an X-shaped support brace integral with the glove, the base being mounted on the X-shaped brace.