Patent ID: 6028627
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A42B,F16M,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A camera system for capturing a sporting activity from the perspective of the participant and mountable on a safety helmet having a mouth guard, the camera system comprising:a mount structure configured for being positioned proximate a mouth guard of a safety helmet to lie generally coextensive with a portion of the mouth guard;a securement device coupled to the mount structure and operable for securely engaging the mouth guard to hold the mount structure thereto;a camera operable for capturing a video image;an adjustment mechanism coupled to the mount structure and configured for receiving the camera, the adjustment mechanism maintaining the camera in a generally forward direction of the helmet when the mount structure is secured to the helmet;the adjustment mechanism tiltably engaging the camera for vertically moving the camera up and down on the helmet such that the camera records generally in a line of sight of a participant wearing the helmet.