Patent ID: 6357936
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G03B,G08B

Abstract:
A camera holder comprising:a ball-shaped camera case having a transparent front pane and a truncated rear end portion having an electrical cable inlet at said truncated rear end portion; a ring-shaped holder having a first fastening means and one of a sharp-edge inner-rim and a curved inner-rim having a curvature radius equal to a radius of said ball-shaped camera case for supporting and locking said ball-shaped camera case, and including means for attaching said ring-shaped holder to a structural body, said ring-shaped holder having an opening for providing a passage for said electrical cable to said structural body through said ring-shaped holder; an elongated cylindrical cover including a flanged rim at one end thereof and a portion of a hemispherical shape with a curvature radius equal to a radius of said ball-shaped camera case at another end thereof and further having one of a cutout of a random shape which is larger than said front pane and an elongated cutout having a width commensurating with the angle of view of a lens of said ball-shaped camera, extending from a center of said portion of a hemispherical shape toward said flanged rim for providing an optical path for said lens and for gripping said ball-shaped camera case inside said portion of a hemispherical shape of said elongated cylindrical cover and for providing said ball-shaped camera case with positioning capacity of said lens extending throughout said cutout; and a locking nut having a second fastening means complementary to said first fastening means for engagement therewith and an inner shoulder for attaching and locking said elongated cylindrical cover to said ring-shaped holder by engaging said flanged rim with said inner shoulder and tightening said second fastening means of said locking nut with said first fastening means and locking said ball-shaped camera between one of said inner sharp edged rim and said curved rim and said portion of a hemispherical shape, wherein said elongated cylindrical cover can be rotated for positioning said cutout around an axis of said portion of a hemispheric shape and said lens can be adjusted to any position within said cutout and wherein said electrical cable passing through said ring-shaped holder is not obstructed.