Patent ID: 9709792
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A42B,G02B

Claim:
1. A helmet mount for attaching a viewing device to a helmet, the mount comprising: a helmet interface assembly removably attachable to the helmet; a pivot arm attached to the helmet interface assembly and pivotal about a horizontal, transverse axis, the pivot arm having a proximal end and a distal end; a carriage member carried on the pivot arm and slidable along the pivot arm between the distal end and the proximal end of the pivot arm, the carriage member having an upper extent lying in an upper plane extending parallel to said pivot arm; the carriage member including a bridge member integral therewith, the bridge member disposed beneath the upper plane, the bridge member including opposed first and second side surfaces, the first and seconds side surfaces being on opposite transverse sides of the pivot arm; a first side section including a first mounting arm hingedly attached to a first viewing device mount; a second side section including a second mounting arm hingedly attached to a second viewing device mount; the first side surface including a first plurality of electrical contacts configured to be mated with corresponding contacts on the first mounting arm; the second side surface including a second plurality of electrical contacts configured to be mated with corresponding contacts on the second mounting arm; the first mounting arm including a first fastener element extending from a first mating surface and the second mounting arm including a second fastener element extending from a second mating surface; the first side surface having a first opening removably receiving the first fastener element, the first fastener element and the first opening being positioned to guide mating of the first plurality of electrical contacts with the corresponding contacts on the first mounting arm; and the second side surface having a second opening removably receiving the second fastener element, the second fastener element and the second opening being positioned to guide mating of the second plurality of electrical contacts with the corresponding contacts on the second mounting arm.