Patent ID: 11860518
Assignee: PROTOMET CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A bimini mounted camera system, the system comprising:
a frame for a bimini; and
a bimini mountable camera device, the device comprising:
a first shell portion having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the first shell portion, wherein the first end of the first shell portion defines a central opening extending along a central axis to the second end of the first shell portion, wherein the second end of the first shell portion defines a first groove extending along a first groove axis, wherein the first groove axis extends perpendicular to the central axis;
a second shell portion having a first end and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end of the second shell portion, wherein the first end of the second shell portion is couplable to the second end of the first shell portion, wherein the first end of the second shell portion defines a second groove extending along a second groove axis, wherein the second groove axis extends parallel to the first groove axis when the first end of the second shell portion is coupled to the second end of the first shell portion; and
a camera at least partially disposed within the central opening,

wherein the second side of the first shell portion is coupled to the first side of the second shell portion such that a portion of the frame of the bimini is disposed within the first groove and the second groove.