Patent ID: 8007188
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: F16M,H04M

Abstract:
1. A stabilized mount for stably supporting a motion-sensitive, image capture device on a support surface, the device being operative for capturing an image over a field of view along an optical axis perpendicular to an image plane, the mount comprising: a holder for holding the device during image capture, the holder having a plurality of resilient arms for detachably gripping peripheral edges of the device with a snap fit; a handheld equipoising structure on which the support surface is mounted; and a base fixed, and immovable relative, to the holder and having a bottom surface lying in a base plane that is always perpendicular to the image plane when the base is supported by the support surface in a supported orientation, the base being of one-piece with the holder and operative for non-adjustably positioning the holder and the device on the support surface in the supported orientation during the image capture.