# US 9,436,067 B2 · Movable bracket and camera device having the movable bracket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,067 B2 - Document ID: US9436067B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/568,897 - Filed: 2014-12-12 - Published: 2015-06-18 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-13 - Assignees: Vivotek Inc. - Applicants: Vivotek Inc. - Inventors: Chih-Hao Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436067B2 ## CPC - G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories} - F16M 11/14: with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 {; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30}) - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - F16M 13/027: {Ceiling supports} - F16M 2200/022: by friction - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS ## Abstract A movable bracket includes a fixing component, a covering component, a movable component and a fastening ring. The fixing component includes a main body, a first interposing part and a first screwing part. The first interposing part and the first screwing part are located at the main body. The covering component includes a second interposing part and a first pressing part. The covering component covers the first interposing part to form a pivoting space between the first interposing part and the second interposing part. The covering component has an adjusting groove connected to the pivoting space. The movable component includes a pivotal part and an assembling part that are opposite. The movable component passes through the adjusting groove. The fastening ring includes a ring body, a second pressing part and a second screwing part. The second pressing part is connected to the ring body surrounding the main body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A movable bracket, comprising: a fixing component comprising a base, a main body extending along an axis from the base, a first interposing part, and a first screwing part, the first interposing part located at an end of the main body, the first screwing part located at an outer surface of the main body, the main body having a connecting surface, the base has a combining surface away from the main body, the main body is unmovably fixed to the base via the connecting surface, such that a normal direction of the combining surface and the axis enclosing an angle, and the angle is an acute angle; a covering component comprising a second interposing part and a first pressing part that are connected to each other, the covering component covering the first interposing part so as to form a pivoting space between the first interposing part and the second interposing part, the covering component having an adjusting groove, and the adjusting groove extending through two sides of the second interposing part so as to be connected to the pivoting space; a movable component comprising a pivotal part and an assembling part that are opposite to each other, the movable component passing through the adjusting groove so that the assembling part is exposed to outside and the pivotal part is located in the pivoting space, the pivotal part is interposed between the first interposing part and the second interposing part, the movable component pivots relative to the fixing component, the movable component and the axis enclose a pivoting angle, and a sum of the angle and the pivoting angle is up to 90 degrees; and a fastening ring comprising a ring body, a second pressing part and a second screwing part, the second pressing part is connected to an end of the ring body, the second screwing part is located on an inner surface of the ring body, the ring body is surrounding the main body so that the second screwing part is detachably screwed to the first screwing part, thereby the second pressing part presses the first pressing part so as to fix the pivotal part between the first interposing part and the second interposing part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The movable bracket according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a connecting end and a pivotal end that are opposite to each other, the connecting surface is located at the connecting end, and both of the first interposing part and the first screwing part are located at the pivotal end of the main body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The movable bracket according to claim 2, wherein the fixing component has a first wire channel, the first wire channel extends through the main body and the base so as to form a first wire opening at the base, the movable component has a second wire channel, the second wire channel extends through the pivotal part and the assembling part so as to form a second wire opening at the assembling part, and the first wire channel is communicated with the second wire channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The movable bracket according to claim 3, wherein the base has at least one wire hole communicated with the first wire channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The movable bracket according to claim 1, wherein the second screwing part is screwed to the first screwing part so that the fastening ring has a fastening position and a releasing position, the second pressing part presses the first pressing part when the fastening ring is located at the fastening position, the second pressing part is separated from the first pressing part when the fastening ring is located at the releasing position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The movable bracket according to claim 5, wherein when the fastening ring is located at the releasing position, the covering component is for rotating relative to the main body with the axis of the fixing component being a center of rotation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The movable bracket according to claim 5, wherein the movable component further comprises a connecting part connected to the pivotal part and the assembling part, the connecting part is located between the pivotal part and the assembling part, the connecting part is for pivoting relative to the fixing component along the adjusting groove. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The movable bracket according to claim 1, wherein the pivotal part has a hemispherical surface, the first interposing part has a first curved surface, the second interposing part has a second curved surface, the first curved surface and the second curved surface together cover the pivotal part, and both of the first curved surface and the second curved surface face towards the hemispherical surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The movable bracket according to claim 8, wherein the first interposing part of the fixing component comprises a ribbed structure located at the first curved surface, and the hemispherical surface of the pivotal part presses the ribbed structure of the first interposing part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A camera device, comprising: a movable bracket according to claim 1; and a camera body disposed on the assembling part of the movable bracket, and the camera body being for capturing an image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The camera device according to claim 10, wherein the main body has a connecting end and a pivotal end that are opposite to each other, the connecting surface is located at the connecting end, the base is connected to the main body via the connecting surface, and both of the first interposing part and the first screwing part are located at the pivotal end of the main body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The camera device according to claim 11, wherein the fixing component has a first wire channel, the first wire channel extends through the main body and the base so as to form a first wire opening at the base, the movable component has a second wire channel, the second wire channel extends through the pivotal part and the assembling part so as to form a second wire opening at the assembling part, and the first wire channel is communicated with the second wire channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The camera device according to claim 12, wherein the base has at least one wire hole communicated with the first wire channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The camera device according to claim 10, wherein the second screwing part is screwed to the first screwing part so that the fastening ring has a fastening position and a releasing position, the second pressing part presses the first pressing part when the fastening ring is located at the fastening position, the second pressing part is separated from the first pressing part when the fastening ring is located at the releasing position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The camera device according to claim 14, wherein when the fastening ring is located at the releasing position, the covering component is for rotating relative to the main body with the axis of the fixing component being a center of rotation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The camera device according to claim 14, wherein the movable component further comprises a connecting part connected to the pivotal part and the assembling part, the connecting part is located between the pivotal part and the assembling part, the connecting part is for pivoting relative to the fixing component along the adjusting groove. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The camera device according to claim 10, wherein the pivotal part has a hemispherical surface, the first interposing part has a first curved surface, the second interposing part has a second curved surface, the first curved surface and the second curved surface together cover the pivotal part, and both of the first curved surface and the second curved surface face towards the hemispherical surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The camera device according to claim 17, wherein the first interposing part of the fixing component comprises a ribbed structure located at the first curved surface, and the hemispherical surface of the pivotal part presses the ribbed structure of the first interposing part. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The camera device according to claim 1, wherein the main body and the base are integrally formed.