Patent ID: 6705578
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A01M,F16M

Abstract:
A mount for connecting a visual recording device to a platform, the mount comprising:a base member having a longitudinal length, a lateral width, and longitudinally opposite first and second end portions, the first end portion being adapted and configured to enable the base member to be attached to a platform, the base member being configured and adapted such that the second end portion of the base member is cantilevered from the platform with the second end portion of the base member being off set from an edge of the platform when the base member is attached to the platform, the second end portion of the base member comprising a threaded fitting; an intermediate member having a length with opposite first and second ends, the first end of the intermediate member being attached to the second end portion of the base member in a manner such that the intermediate member positions the second end of the intermediate member directly over the second end portion of the base member, when the base member is attached to the platform, the intermediate member comprising first and second cylindrical pole sections, the first pole section have axially opposite ends with each end having a threaded fitting, the second pole section having axially opposite ends with at least one of its ends having a threaded fitting, the threaded fitting of one of the ends of the first pole section being attached to the threaded fitting of the second end portion of the base member and the threaded fitting of the other end of the first pole section being attached to the threaded fitting of the second pole section, the threaded engagements allowing the intermediate member to be separable from the base member without the use of tools and allowing the first and second pole sections to be separable from each other without the use of tools; and a hand operable pan-and-tilt mechanism attached to the second end of the intermediate member, the pan-and-tilt mechanism being configured and adapted to attach to and support a visual recording device in a manner such that the visual recording device can be oriented in various positions relative to the platform when the base member is attached to the platform and the pan-and-tilt mechanism is attached to the visual recording device.