Uniform clamp
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsJason Wine, Andrew Ambach, Kevin Rhodes
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Abstract
A clamp assembly removably couples to a sheet of material. An item, such as a body camera, mounted on the clamp assembly may be coupled to the sheet of material via the clamp assembly. A sheet of material is provided adjacent a base of the clamp assembly. An insert is provided adjacent the sheet of material on a side opposite the base. A clamp element is connected to the base and moves between an open position and closed position. Movement of the clamp element to the closed position resists removal of the base from the sheet of material. Embodiments of the present disclosure also involve clamp assembly bases, as well as systems for securing an item, such as a body camera, to the sheet of material.
Claims20
A clamp assembly comprising a base, an insert, and a clamping element movably connected with the base, the base having a bottom wall and side walls defining a clamping recess that is open at one end, the insert being configured and dimensioned to fit within the clamping recess of the base with a sheet of material located between the insert and the base;
- and the clamping element being movable relative to the base between (i) an open position in which the insert is removable from the clamping recess in the base and (ii) a closed position in which the insert is held snugly against the bottom wall and side walls of the base, thereby capturing the sheet of material between the base and the insert and resisting removal of the base from the sheet of material, wherein the clamping element moves in a linear range of motion between the open position and the closed position.
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a clamping element;
- and
- a clamp assembly base, comprising:
- a first side surface, including:
- a base bottom wall;
- a first outer edge disposed adjacent to a location on the clamp assembly base at which the clamping element is physically attached to the clamp assembly base;
- and
- a side wall comprising a first side wall segment at a second outer edge of the base and a second side wall segment, wherein the second outer edge is disposed on the first side surface opposite from the first outer edge, the first side wall segment and base bottom wall configured to receive a provided insert and a provided sheet of material and retain the provided sheet of material between the base bottom wall, the first side wall segment, and the provided insert upon movement of the clamping element to a closed position, and wherein:
- the first side wall segment extends a first distance above the base bottom wall and the second side wall segment extends a second distance above the base bottom wall, the first distance being greater than the second distance;
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- a second side surface opposite the first side surface, the second side surface including a mounting portion configured to mount a body camera to the clamp assembly base and thereby secure the body camera to the provided sheet of material via the clamp assembly base.
A system comprising:
- a clamp assembly comprising:
- a base, including:
- a mounting portion on a first side surface of the base;
- and
- a bottom wall and a side wall segment on a second side surface of the base;
- an insert configured to fit adjacent the bottom wall and the side wall segment with a sheet of material located between the insert and the bottom wall and between the insert and the side wall segment;
- and
- a clamping element movably connected with the base, the clamping element being movable relative to the base between (i) an open position in which the insert is removable from the base and (ii) a closed position in which the insert is held against the bottom wall and the side wall segment, thereby capturing the sheet of material between the base and the insert and resisting removal of the base from the sheet of material;
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- a body camera, configured to be secured to the base at the mounting portion on the first side of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.