Patent ID: 6019326
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: F16M,G03B,G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
A new and improved video enhancement kit comprising, in combination:a stand including an inverted L-shaped support with a vertically oriented hole formed therein;a video camera with a threaded bore formed in a bottom thereof;a spotting scope having a cylindrical configuration and a threaded bore formed in a side thereof with the threaded bore of the spotting scope residing along an axis perpendicular with respect to that about which the spotting scope is formed;a binoculars including a pair of side portions each having a cylindrical configuration with a common diameter, wherein the side portions of the binoculars are connected via an interconnect with a threaded bore formed in a front thereof about an axis residing in parallel with those about which the side portions are formed;a plurality of couples each including a disk-shaped handle with a threaded bolt coupled thereto and extending therefrom in concentric relationship therewith;a base strip with a planar rectangular configuration, the base strip including a top face, a bottom face and a periphery formed therebetween defined by a pair of elongated parallel side edges and a short first and second end edge, the base strip including three linearly aligned threaded bores therein at a central extent thereof along a central longitudinal axis, a linear elongated slot formed between the central extent of the base strip and the first end edge thereof, and a pair of mounting assemblies positioned adjacent to the second end edge of the base strip and adjacent to the central extent of the base strip, respectively, each mounting assembly including a central threaded bore formed in the base strip along the central longitudinal axis thereof and a pair of cylindrical tabs integrally coupled to the bottom face of the base strip and depending therefrom such that the cylindrical tabs flank the associated threaded bore;wherein the base strip is removably mounted on the support of the stand via one of the couples the threaded post of which passes through the hole of the stand and is threadedly coupled to one of the threaded bores of the central extent of the base strip;wherein the camera is removably mounted to the top face of the base strip adjacent to the first end edge thereof via one of the couples the threaded post of which is slidably situated through the elongated slot of the base strip and threadedly coupled to the threaded bore of the camera;a spotting scope mount having an L-shaped configuration with a horizontal extent and a vertical extent coupled to the horizontal extent in an end-to-end relationship and further situated in a separate perpendicular plane, each extent of the spotting scope mount equipped with a linear elongated slot formed therein along a central longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the elongated slot of the horizontal extent is slidably mounted along the cylindrical tabs of one of the mounting assemblies and the horizontal extent is removably mounted to the base strip via one of the couples the threaded post of which passes through the elongated slot of the horizontal extent and is threadedly coupled to the threaded bore of the associated mounting assembly, wherein the spotting scope is removably mounted to the vertical extent of the spotting scope mount via one of the couples the threaded post of which passes through the slot of the vertical extent of the spotting scope mount and is threadedly engaged with the threaded bore of the spotting scope; anda binoculars mount having a T-shaped configuration with a horizontal extent and a vertical extent having an end edge mounted to a central extent of a side edge of the horizontal extent such that the horizontal extent and the vertical extent are situated in perpendicular planes, wherein the elongated slot of the horizontal extent of the binoculars mount is slidably mounted along the cylindrical tabs of one of the mounting assemblies and the horizontal extent is removably mounted to the base strip via one of the couples the threaded post of which passes through the elongated slot of the horizontal extent of the binoculars mount and is threadedly coupled to the threaded bore of the associated mounting assembly, wherein the binoculars is mounted to the vertical extent of the binoculars mount via one of the couples the threaded post of which passes through the slot of the vertical extent of the binoculars mount and is threadly engaged with the threaded bore of the binoculars.