Adjustable mounting apparatus for a telescope

An adjustable mounting apparatus for supporting and holding a telescope in a predetermined position including:

• an elongated semi-cylindrically shaped base support member having a first pair of spaced aligned apertures formed in one side thereof and a second pair of spaced aligned apertures formed in the other side of thereof;
• a first pair of engaging members, each one of the first pair of engaging members being treadedly mounted for movement in one of the first pair of apertures to be selectively moved to lockingly engage adjacently aligned side portions of the telescope;
• a second pair of engaging members, each one of the second pair of engaging members being treadedly mounted for movement in one of the second pair of apertures to be selectively moved to lockingly engage other adjacently aligned side portions of the telescope;
• a first pair of spaced aligned posts formed in the one side of the elongated semi-cylindrically shaped base support member;
• a second pair of spaced aligned posts formed in the other side of the elongated semi-cylindrically shaped base support member;
• a first coupling member, having first portions thereof removably couplable to one post of the first pair of spaced aligned posts and second portions thereof removably couplable to one post of the second pair of post to allow third portions thereof to engage adjacently aligned upper portions of the telescope;
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• a second coupling member, having first portions thereof removably couplable to the other post of the first pair of spaced aligned posts and second portions thereof removably couplable to the other post of the second pair of post to allow third portions thereof to engage adjacently aligned upper portions of the telescope so that when the first and second coupling members are coupled to the posts and the first and second engaging members are moved to lockingly engage the telescope, the telescope is locked in the predetermined position.