Patent ID: 9615007
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: F24C,F27B,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera assembly for an oven appliance, the oven appliance defining an oven cavity and including a door with a handle positioned over an opening to the oven cavity, the camera assembly comprising: an attachment mechanism configured for attachment to the handle of the door of the oven appliance; an arm extending between a first end and a second end, the arm attached to the attachment mechanism at the first end; and a housing having a camera at least partially positioned therein, the second end of the arm attached to at least one of the housing or the camera, the housing configured to hold the camera adjacent to an outside surface of the door of the oven appliance, and the camera configured to record or transmit images of the oven cavity; wherein the housing includes an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes a socket and a ball movably positioned at least partially within the socket, and wherein the camera is attached to the ball and positioned at least partially within the ball.