Patent ID: 8831415
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: F16M,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A rotatable camera mount for mounting a camera on a vehicle, the camera mount comprising: a shaft having a shaft axis; and a rotating mount assembly comprising: a body rotatably coupled to the shaft and rotatable about the shaft axis; a primary camera-mounting member located on a first side of the body and to which a first camera may be removably secured and oriented for recording images from a first direction; and a swing-weight coupled to and projecting from a second side of the body, opposite the first side, the swing-weight providing a center of mass associated with the rotating mount assembly having a first camera secured thereto that is located in spaced relation from the shaft axis toward the second side of the body; and a stabilizing wing supported in spaced relation from the body and configured to urge the rotating mount assembly to rotate such that the stabilizing wing is aligned with an airflow thereacross.