Patent ID: 9019431
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F16M,G03B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable video system comprising: a camera component for capturing video of an event, said camera component comprising a camera housed within a camera component housing configured to be mounted on a user's body, wherein the camera component housing includes a front side and a rear side, and wherein said rear side of the camera component housing has a recessed seat, said camera component housing including an input to instruct recording by the camera; a recording component comprising a processor and a memory associated with the camera for storing the captured video; and a mounting assembly for mounting the camera to the user's body, the mounting assembly being a button-mount assembly including a slotted plate presenting a slot for receipt of a button through the slot, wherein the button is located on a clothing article of the user, wherein said slot of the slotted plate of the button-mount assembly is formed in the plate along a longitudinal axis of said slotted plate, wherein the slot is open at a lower end of the slotted plate and closed at an upper end of the slotted plate, such that the slot is placed behind the user's button and guided downwards over yarn or other material that secures the button to the user's clothing article so that the button extends from said front of the slotted plate, and the yarn or other material securing the button to the user's clothing article is held within the slot of the slotted plate, wherein said button-mount assembly further includes a mounting bracket that at least partially overlays and forwardly extends from a front of the slotted plate to present a longitudinal track between the front of the slotted plate and the mounting bracket, wherein the button is held in the longitudinal track between the front of the slotted plate and the mounting bracket, wherein the camera component housing is configured to be coupled with the mounting bracket of the button-mount assembly, wherein said mounting bracket includes a ledge configured to interfit in said recessed seat of the camera component housing to secure the camera to said button-mount assembly.