Patent ID: 7997808
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera mount, comprising: a camera mounting portion, wherein a camera can be removably coupled to the camera mounting portion, such that a photographic plane of a camera that is removably coupled to the camera mounting portion is parallel to a photographic plane of the camera mounting portion; a rail portion, wherein the rail portion extends from the camera mounting portion substantially perpendicular to the photographic plane of the camera mounting portion, wherein the rail portion comprises a single first rail portion and a single second rail portion, and wherein the first rail portion and the second rail portion are slideably coupled to one another such that the first rail portion and the second rail portion are expandable relative to one another; a locking means for releasably locking the second rail portion in a fixed position relative to the first rail portion wherein the locking means comprises a portion of a handle, wherein the handle is capable of depending from either the first rail portion or the second rail portion; and a frame, wherein the frame is coupled to the rail portion such that a photographic plane of the frame is parallel to a photographic plane of the camera mounting portion, regardless of the slidable position of the second rail portion relative to the first rail portion.