Camera mount with spring clamp
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Aaron Clearman, Nicholas Streets
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Abstract
A camera system is configured to detachably couple to a camera mount, which in turn can be attached to an apparatus. The camera mount is a spring clamp including two arms, each include a handle component and a jaw component. The spring clamp can be attached to an apparatus when the two jaw components are closed around the apparatus. A strap is adjustably coupled to the spring clamp and is tightened around the apparatus to further secure the apparatus. In some cases, a flexible neck is fastened to the camera mount, and the camera system is detachably coupled to the flexible neck. This allows a mounted camera system to be situated at any desired angle for taking photographs.
Claims16
A mounting system configured to detachably couple a camera system to an apparatus, comprising:
- a spring clamp comprising:
- a first arm comprising a first handle and a first jaw;
- a second arm comprising a second handle and a second jaw, the second arm pivotally coupled to the first arm at a spring joint, the first and second jaws forcibly separable into an open position in response to pressure on the first and second handles, and the spring joint otherwise forcibly compressing the first and second jaws together into a closed position;
- a strap comprising an inside surface and an outside surface, the strap fixedly coupled to the first arm and adjustably coupled to the second arm, the strap configured to secure an apparatus by tightening around at least a portion of the apparatus when the first and second jaws are in the closed position around at least the portion of the apparatus such that at least a portion of the inside surface of the strap abuts a surface of the portion of the apparatus, such that at least a first portion of the outside surface of the strap faces an inside surface of the first arm and an inside surface of the second arm, and such that at least a second portion of the outside surface of the strap faces an outside surface of the second arm;
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- a mounting component coupled to at least one of the arm components, the mounting component configured to couple to a camera system.
A mounting system configured to detachably couple to an apparatus, comprising:
- a spring clamp comprising a first arm and a second arm, the second arm pivotally coupled to the first arm at a spring point, the first and second arms configured to be in an open position or a closed position;
- a strap comprising an inside surface and an outside surface, the strap fixedly coupled to the first arm and adjustably coupled to the second arm, the strap comprising a ratcheted belt component, and the strap configured to secure an apparatus by tightening around at least a portion of the apparatus when the first and second arms are in the closed position around at least the portion of an apparatus such that at least a portion of the inside surface of the strap abuts a surface of the portion of the apparatus, such that at least a first portion of the outside surface of the strap faces an inside surface of the first arm and an inside surface of the second arm, and such that at least a second portion of the outside surface of the strap faces an outside surface of the second arm;
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- a mounting component coupled to at least one of the arm components, the mounting component configured to couple to an electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.