Camera mount for a surfboard
OwnerJohn Robert Montgomeryinventor
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Abstract
A breakaway camera mount assembly usable with a surfboard may include a base affixed to the surfboard, and a detachable segment mechanically and detachably connected to the base and configured to separate from the base upon application of a separation force thereto; where the base includes a base attachment having an orifice defined therein, and recesses defined in the orifice; and where the detachable segment includes beams at an end thereof, each beam including a protrusion extending radially outward at an end of that beam, wherein each beam engages a corresponding recess to detachably connect the detachable segment to the base; where the detachable segment includes a camera stick.
Claims7
A breakaway camera mount assembly usable with a workpiece, comprising:
- a base affixed to the workpiece;
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- a detachable segment mechanically and detachably connected to said base and configured to separate from said base upon application of a separation force thereto;
- wherein said base comprises a base attachment having an orifice defined therein, and a plurality of recesses defined in said orifice;
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- wherein said detachable segment comprises a plurality of beams at an end thereof, each beam comprising a protrusion extending radially outward at an end of said beam, wherein each said beam engages a corresponding said recess to detachably connect said detachable segment to said base;
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- wherein said detachable segment further comprises a camera stick.
A breakaway camera mount assembly usable with a workpiece surfboard, comprising:
- a base affixed to the surfboard, said base comprising a base plug affixed to the surfboard and a base attachment affixed to said base plug, wherein said base attachment has an orifice defined therein with a plurality of recesses defined in said orifice;
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- a detachable segment mechanically and detachably connected to said base and configured to separate from said base upon application of a separation force thereto;
- wherein said detachable segment comprises a plurality of beams substantially evenly spaced circumferentially apart at an end thereof, each beam comprising a protrusion extending radially outward at an end of said beam, wherein each said beam is deflectable radially inward during insertion into said base attachment, and wherein each beam snaps back to its original position upon engagement with a corresponding said recess in said base attachment upon engagement with said base attachment;
- wherein said detachable segment further comprises a camera stick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.