Camera mount
OwnerD. Scott Watkinsinventor
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Abstract
A camera mount for supporting a camera in a motor vehicle in which an elongated tubular body supports a pivotally mounted camera with the tubular body attached to headrest supports in a seat of a vehicle with the camera disposed substantially centrally relative to a central axis of the vehicle beyond a view point of an eye of an occupant of the seat nearest the centerline of the vehicle such that the imaging apparatus is unobstructed for receiving images by use of the seat.
Claims18
An imaging apparatus mount for use in a motor vehicle to support an imaging apparatus for recording images from the motor vehicle, comprising:
- an elongate rigid member for being attached to a seatback of a motor vehicle and having a support surface for disposing an imaging apparatus substantially centrally relative to a central axis of the vehicle beyond a view point of an eye of an occupant of the seat nearest the centerline of the vehicle such that the imaging apparatus is unobstructed for receiving images by use of the seat;
- fasteners for securing the imaging apparatus to the support surface;
- connectors for connecting the rigid member to respective supports of a headrest of the motor vehicle in which the imaging apparatus mount is installed.
A method of securing an imaging apparatus in a vehicle for recording images from the vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- (a) attaching an elongated rigid member to a pair of headrest supports extending from a seatback of a vehicle, the rigid member defining a support surface defining an opening for receiving a fastener for engaging an imaging apparatus thereto and defining second openings for receiving brackets to secure said member to the headrest supports;
- (b) disposing the imaging apparatus to the support surface substantially centrally relative to a central axis of the vehicle beyond a view point of an eye of an occupant of the seat nearest the centerline of the vehicle such that the imaging apparatus is unobstructed for receiving images by use of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.