Camera mounting arrangement
AssigneeAllbro (Pty) Ltd
InventorsArend De Waal, Quintin Lamprecht
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Abstract
The invention concerns a camera mounting arrangement for mounting a camera. The mounting arrangement includes an enclosure for housing electrical connections between the camera and a surveillance system, a cover which is removably connectable to the enclosure to close off the enclosure when connected to the enclosure and a camera support for supporting the camera. The enclosure and camera support are off-set from one another such that the cover may be removed to allow access to the enclosure while the camera is supported by the camera support. The invention also concerns a method for mounting a camera.
Claims36
A camera mounting arrangement for mounting a camera including:
- an enclosure for housing electrical connections between the camera and a surveillance system;
- a cover which is removably connectable to the enclosure to close off the enclosure when connected to the enclosure;
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- a camera support for supporting the camera;
- wherein the enclosure and camera support are off-set from one another such that the cover may be removed to allow access to the enclosure while the camera is supported by the camera support.
A method of installing a camera including the following steps:
- securing a mounting bracket to a support surface;
- engaging a body of a camera mounting arrangement to a complementary shaped engaging formation of the mounting bracket such that the body is suspended from the mounting bracket;
- mounting the camera to a camera support;
- securing the body of the camera mounting arrangement and camera mounted on the camera support to the mounting bracket;
- connecting the camera wires to the wires from the surveillance system;
- locating the wire connections in an enclosure that is off-set from the camera support;
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- closing off the enclosure by connecting a cover to the enclosure, thereby providing ingress protection for the wire connections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.