Camera mounting bracket
OwnerJeffrey D. Carnevaliinventor
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Abstract
A mounting bracket for a device having at least one planar mounting shoe surface comprising a pair of parallel conventional T-slots each having a lengthwise T-shaped cavity formed with a wide base and a narrow opening communicating with the mounting shoe surface between parallel rails spaced apart on opposite sides of the opening, the mounting bracket has a rigid frame with a mounting surface; a pair of parallel guides spaced apart on the mounting surface of the frame; and a clamp. The clamp has a clamping jaw that is movable normal to the mounting surface, the clamping jaw has at least one arm aligned with one of the guides, and an anchor member positioned at a distal end thereof. The clamp also has an actuator that is coupled for moving the anchor member normal to the mounting surface of the frame.
Claims22
A mounting bracket, comprising:
- a rigid frame comprising a recessed guide chamber communicating with a mounting surface thereof;
- a pair of parallel guides aligned with the recessed guide chamber on the mounting surface of the frame, each guide arranged for slidingly engaging openings formed in a pair of parallel T-slots;
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- a clamp, comprising:
- a clamping jaw that is movable in the guide chamber, the clamping jaw having at least one arm aligned with one of the guides, and wherein the arm comprises an anchor member adapted for slidingly engaging one of the T-slots and clamping therewith, and
- an actuator coupled for moving the clamping jaw along the guide chamber for engaging the anchor member with the one T-slot, whereby the clamp secures a rail portion of the one T-slot against the mounting surface of the frame.
A mounting bracket, comprising:
- a rigid frame comprising a recessed guide chamber communicating with a mounting surface thereof, and a connection structure about which the mounting surface is symmetric;
- two parallel guides aligned with the recessed guide chamber on the mounting surface of the frame and arranged for slidingly engaging openings formed in a pair of parallel T-slots, at least one of the guides comprising first and second spaced-apart portions;
- a clamp, comprising:
- a clamping jaw that is slidable in the guide chamber, the clamping jaw having at least one arm extending outwardly of the guide chamber and aligned between the first and second spaced-apart portions of the one guide, and wherein the arm comprises an anchor member adjacent to a distal end thereof for slidingly engaging a base portion of one of the T-slots and adapted for clampingly engaging an undersurface of a rail portion of the T-slot;
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- an actuator coupled for sliding the clamping jaw along the guide chamber for clampingly engaging the anchor member with the T-slot, whereby the clamp secures the rail portion of the T-slot against the mounting surface of the frame.
A mounting bracket, comprising:
- a rigid frame comprising a mounting surface;
- a pair of parallel guides spaced apart on the mounting surface of the frame;
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- a clamp, comprising:
- a clamping jaw that is movable normal to the mounting surface, the clamping jaw comprising at least one arm aligned with one of the guides, and wherein the arm comprises an anchor member positioned at a distal end thereof, and
- an actuator coupled for moving the anchor member normal to the mounting surface of the frame.
A mounting bracket for a device having at least one planar mounting shoe surface comprising a pair of parallel conventional T-slots each having a lengthwise T-shaped cavity formed with a wide base and a narrow opening communicating with the mounting shoe surface between parallel rails spaced apart on opposite sides of the opening, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a rigid frame comprising a recessed guide chamber communicating with a mounting surface thereof;
- a pair of parallel guides aligned with the recessed guide chamber on the mounting surface of the frame, each guide comprising first and second spaced-apart guide portions positioned on opposite sides of the guide chamber and arranged for slidingly engaging the openings of the pair of T-slots;
- a clamp comprising:
- a clamping jaw that is movable in the guide chamber, the clamping jaw comprising a pair of arms between the first and second spaced-apart portions of the guides and aligned therewith, and wherein each of the arms comprises a anchor member adjacent to a distal end thereof and adapted for slidingly engaging the base of the T-shaped lengthwise cavity of the pair of T-slots;
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- an actuator coupled for moving the clamping jaw along the guide chamber for engaging the anchor members with the pair of T-slots, whereby the clamp secures the mounting shoe against the mounting surface of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.