Camera and spotting scope mounting device for all-terrain vehicl

Details Camera and spotting scope mounting device for all-terrain vehicl Camera and spotting scope mounting device for all-terrain vehicl

1997-07-22

1999-03-02

Braun, Leslie A.

Supports

Brackets

Adjustable

396428, E04G 300

Patent

active

058760059

ABSTRACT:
An extendable device mountable on a cargo rack of an all-terrain vehicle for supporting a camera or spotting scope and adjustable to secure the camera or spotting scope in a raised operative position above the rack or in a collapsed non-operative stored position proximate the rack. The device includes a base mounting plate for removable attachment of the device to a cargo rack of an all-terrain vehicle, a lower support arm having its lower end pivotally and rotatably connected by a ball joint to the base plate, an upper support arm having its lower end pivotally and rotatably connected to the upper end of the lower support arm by a ball joint, and a top mounting plate pivotally attached to the upper end of the upper support arm by a pivot joint for attachment to and support of a camera or spotting scope. Thumb screws are provided at each of the ball joints and at the pivot joint for loosening such joints to permit movement of the support arms and top mounting plate to extend the device to an operative position or to permit movement of the support arms downwardly to a collapsed non-operative position proximate the base plate or for tightening the ball joints and pivotal joint to hold the support arms and top mounting plate in the operative position or to hold the support arms and top mounting plate in the non-operative position.

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patent: 3096962 (1963-07-01), Meijs
patent: 3227409 (1966-01-01), Pagliuso
patent: 5078355 (1992-01-01), Fujimoto et al.
patent: 5664750 (1997-09-01), Cohen

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