Patent ID: 7452142
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: 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 the camera 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, and wherein the rail portion comprises a first rail portion and a second rail portion; a handle, wherein the handle is capable of depending from either the first rail portion or the second rail portion, and wherein the handle may be used to lock the second rail portion and the first rail portion together; and a frame, wherein the frame is adapted to receive one or more reference scales such that a photographic plane of the one or more reference scales is parallel to a photographic plane of the camera mounting portion, and 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 elements.