Patent ID: 8807849
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: F16M,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mounting a mobile device on a tripod, the apparatus comprising: (a) a frame with a rigid peripheral member defining an opening therethrough, the peripheral member including a mount configured to releasably couple the frame to the tripod, the peripheral member being rectangular in shape and further including a set of parallel spaced-apart first portions and a set of parallel spaced-apart second portions joining the set of first portions together at terminal ends thereof, the second portions being oriented generally perpendicularly to the first portions, each of the first and second portions including a rib that projects into the opening; and (b) an insert sized and shaped to be placed into the opening of the frame and releasably engage at least a portion of the peripheral member in an assembled configuration, the insert having a membrane in the form of a cavity configured to releasably receive and support the mobile device, the membrane extending over at least a portion of the opening of the frame in the assembled configuration and including at least one camera hole extending therethrough that is aligned with a camera lens of the mobile device when the mobile device is mounted in the cavity.