Quick coupling for body camera
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsJason Wine, Andrew Ambach
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Abstract
A coupling releasably secures an item such as a body camera to a mount point. The coupling includes a connector and a receiver. The connector includes a crossbar and a post. The receiver includes an opening and a slot. The crossbar moves through the entry opening and the connector is rotated relative to the receiver. The post of the connector is moved through the slot to engage the receiver and hold the connector in a mounted position on the receiver, thereby securing the item to the mount point. Embodiments of the present disclosure also involve methods for securing the item to the mount point using a connector and receiver, as well as systems for mounting an item using a connector, receiver, and mount point.
Claims20
A coupling for releasably securing a body camera to a mount point, comprising a connector that is fixed on the body camera, and a receiver that is fixed on the mount point;
- the connector having a generally T-shaped configuration including a post and a crossbar;
- the receiver having an entry opening, a receiver chamber, a slot, and a block positioned at a location adjacent to the slot;
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- the connector being engageable with the receiver by moving the crossbar though the entry opening and into the receiver chamber, rotating the connector relative to the receiver, and moving the post along the slot to frictionally engage parts on the receiver and hold the connector in a mounted position on the receiver, wherein the block is configured to engage the connector in a first rotational direction, thereby preventing rotation of the connector in the first rotational direction after the crossbar is moved through the entry opening.
A coupling system, comprising:
- a body camera;
- a mount point;
- a connector fixed to one of the body camera and the mount point;
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- a receiver fixed to the other of the body camera and the mount point, wherein:
- the connector includes a post and a crossbar;
- the receiver includes an entry opening in communication with a slot and a physical structure positioned on the receiver;
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- the connector is configured to engage with the receiver by moving the crossbar though the entry opening, rotating the connector relative to the receiver, and moving the post along the slot to engage the receiver and to hold the connector in a mounted position on the receiver, wherein the physical structure positioned on the receiver is configured to limit a direction of rotation of the crossbar.
A method of releasably securing a body camera to a mount point using a connector that is fixed on the body camera and a receiver that is fixed on the mount point, the connector including a post and a crossbar, the receiver including an entry opening, a slot, and a physical structure positioned on the receiver, the method comprising:
- moving the crossbar of the connector through the entry opening to engage the receiver,
- rotating the connector relative to the receiver after the crossbar is moved through the entry opening, wherein the physical structure positioned on the receiver is configured to limit a direction of rotation of the crossbar;
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- after rotating the connector, moving the post along the slot to engage the receiver and hold the connector in a mounted position on the receiver, thereby securing the body camera to the mount point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.