Patent ID: 9681029
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F16C,F16M,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera mounting system, comprising: an upper mount component configured to at least partially securely enclose a camera, the upper mount component comprising a first plurality of protrusions extending from a bottom surface of the upper mount component; and a lower mount component, the lower mount component including: a rotating component comprising a second plurality of protrusions and a ball component, the second plurality of protrusions configured to interlock with the first plurality of protrusions of the upper mount component, pivotally coupling the upper mount component to the lower mount component, the ball component comprising a flat bottom surface, the second plurality of protrusions comprising a tapered base, the tapered base comprising a screw, the ball component comprising a threaded screw hole, wherein the screw of the tapered base is screwed into the threaded screw hole of the ball component thereby coupling the second plurality of protrusions to the ball component; an inner sleeve component configured to at least partially enclose the ball component such that the rotating component can rotate and pivot relative to the inner sleeve component, the inner sleeve component comprising a circular outer surface, wherein the flat bottom surface of the ball component at least partially protrudes below a bottom of the inner sleeve component when the ball component is pivoted relative to the inner sleeve component, wherein the flat bottom surface does not protrude below a bottom of the inner sleeve component when the ball component is not pivoted relative to the inner sleeve component, and wherein no portion of the inner sleeve component protrudes beyond the bottom of the inner sleeve component; and an outer sleeve component configured to at least partially enclose the inner sleeve component, the outer sleeve component configured to couple to a base mount component.