Remote installation and removal tool for video surveillance camera assembly
AssigneeSensormatic Electronics Corporation
InventorsWalter N. Yap, Sergio M. Perez, Luis E. Anderson, David A. Haney
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Abstract
A surveillance camera assembly housing is releasably locked to a base for the housing. The base is installed on a ceiling or at another location remote from ground level. A removal tool head, in the form of a hollow cylinder, is provided at the end of a pole. Slots formed in the tool head engage ridges on the camera assembly housing. The assembly housing is twisted to release it from the base and then is brought to ground level while contained within the tool head.
Claims25
A tool for removing a surveillance camera assembly housing from a base on which the assembly is mounted, comprising:
- a pole portion;
- and
- a camera assembly housing engagement portion, mounted on said pole portion, said engagement portion including means for engaging the camera assembly housing at a plurality of points on a peripheral surface of the assembly housing, said engagement portion being formed as a single unitary body.
A tool for removing a surveillance camera assembly housing from a base on which the assembly is mounted, comprising:
- a pole portion;
- and
- a camera assembly housing engagement portion mounted on said pole portion, said engagement portion generally having a cylindrical shape and being sized to hold said assembly housing inside said engagement portion.
A tool for removing a surveillance camera assembly housing from a base on which the assembly housing is mounted, consisting of:
- a single unitary body for engaging said camera assembly housing;
- a pole portion;
- and
- means for mounting said single body on said pole portion in a manner which prevents rotation and pivoting of said single body relative to said pole portion.
A tool for removing a surveillance camera assembly housing from a base on which the assembly housing is mounted, comprising:
- a pole portion;
- and
- an engagement portion, mounted on said pole portion and having formed in the engagement portion at least one slot for engaging a respective rib provided on said housing.
A method of installing a surveillance camera assembly housing on a mounting base, comprising the steps of:
- providing an installation tool which includes a hollow member;
- engaging said housing with said installation tool by placing said housing inside said hollow member;
- lockingly mounting said housing on said mounting base by manipulating said installation tool with said housing inside said hollow member;
- and
- disengaging said installation tool from said housing.
A method of removing a surveillance camera assembly housing from a base on which the assembly housing is lockingly mounted, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an installation tool which includes a hollow member;
- engaging said housing with said installation tool by moving said hollow member relative to said housing so that said housing is inserted into said hollow member;
- and
- releasing a locking mechanism which secures said housing to said base by manipulating said installation tool with said housing inside said hollow member.
A surveillance camera mounting system, comprising:
- a base for being mounted on a support structure;
- a surveillance camera assembly housing for being removably mounted on said base;
- and
- a tool for removing said housing from said base, said tool including a hollow member sized to have said assembly housing placed within the hollow member.
A surveillance camera mounting system, comprising:
- a base for being mounted on a support structure;
- and
- a surveillance camera assembly housing for being removably mounted on said base;
- wherein:
- said base includes a shelf member on which said assembly housing is supported;
- and
- said assembly housing has an aperture in a top surface of the housing, said shelf member being inserted in said aperture, and said housing also having a cam surface adjacent to said aperture, said cam surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane for contacting said shelf member and camming said housing in an upward direction when said housing is rotated relative to said base.
A surveillance camera mounting system, comprising:
- a base for being mounted on a support structure;
- and
- a surveillance camera assembly housing for being removably mounted on said base, said assembly housing having a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface and a plurality of vertically-oriented ribs arranged at intervals around said peripheral surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.