Patent Publication Number: US-2022239806-A1

Title: Scope phone mount

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation application of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/233,714 entitled “SCOPE PHONE MOUNT” and filed on Aug. 10, 2016 for Val Simmons, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/203,224 entitled “Scope Phone Mount” and filed on Aug. 10, 2015 for Val Simmons, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     FIELD 
     This invention relates to sighting devices and more particularly relates to a phone mount for a scope. 
     BACKGROUND 
     People are increasingly using their cellular phones to take pictures and videos. People using scopes, such as scopes mounted to a gun, binoculars, a telescope, or the like, may want to take pictures or video of what they see while using these scopes. Unfortunately, simultaneously aligning the phone&#39;s camera lens with the scope and using the scope to see a target may be difficult. 
     SUMMARY 
     An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing detachably couplable to an end of a sighting device. The housing may include a channel protruding from a side of the housing. The apparatus may include a one-way mirror disposed inside the housing. The one-way mirror may be positioned to allow an image from the sighting device to pass through the one-way mirror and reflect the image from the sighting device through the channel. The apparatus may include a mounting plate coupled to the housing. The mounting plate may include one or more adjustment bars engageable with a visual recording device. 
     In one embodiment, the housing may include a clamp detachably couplable to the end of the sighting device. The housing may include one or more tracks slidably engageable with a portion of the clamp. The housing may slide along the one or more tracks to adjust a distance from the sighting device. 
     In one embodiment, the mounting plate may include an image stabilizing bar. The image stabilizing bar may include a hook that may detachably engage with the sighting device and rotatably couple to the mounting plate. 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a sunshade coupled to the mounting plate. In some embodiments, the sunshade may include a mirror mounted to a surface of the sunshade. The surface may be disposed toward a screen of the visual recording device. 
     In one embodiment, the one or more adjustment bars may move along an axis in X or Y relative to the mounting plate. In some embodiments, the one or more adjustment bars may include four adjustment bars. In one embodiment, one or more of the adjustment bars may include a rotatable stop. The rotatable stop may be located distal from the mounting plate. The rotatable stop may rotate to allow the visual recording device to disengage from the mounting device. 
     In one embodiment, the one or more adjustment bars may include a micro adjusting screw. The micro adjusting screw may adjust the position of the at least one adjustment bar in an axis of X or Y. In some embodiments, the one-way mirror may be disposed inside the housing at a 45-degree angle from an end of the housing. In one embodiment, the one or more adjustment bars may adjust to fit the visual recording device next to the mounting plate and align a camera lens of the visual recording device with the channel. 
     A system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may include a sighting device. In one embodiment, the system may include an apparatus. The apparatus may include a housing detachably couplable to an end of a sighting device. The housing may include a channel protruding from a side of the housing. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a one-way mirror disposed inside the housing. The one-way mirror may be positioned to allow an image from the sighting device to pass through the one-way mirror and reflect the image from the sighting device through the channel. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a mounting plate coupled to the housing. The mounting plate may include one or more adjustment bars engageable with a visual recording device. 
     In one embodiment, the visual recording device may include a phone; a photography camera, a video camera, or an action camera. In some embodiments, the housing may include a clamp detachably couplable to the end of the sighting device. The housing may include one or more tracks slidably engageable with a portion of the clamp. The housing may slide along the one or more tracks to adjust a distance from the sighting device. 
     In some embodiments, the mounting plate may include an image stabilizing bar. The image stabilizing bar may include a hook that may be detachably engageable with the sighting device and rotatably couple to the mounting plate. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a sunshade coupled to the mounting plate. In one embodiment, the one or more adjustment bars may move along an axis in X or Y relative to the mounting plate. 
     A method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include providing a sighting device. In one embodiment, the method may include providing an apparatus that may include a housing, a one-way mirror disposed inside the housing, and a mounting plate. The housing may include a channel and the one-way mirror may allow an image viewed by the sighting device to pass through the one-way mirror and reflect the image from the sighting device through the channel. In some embodiments, the method may include mounting the housing of the apparatus to the sighting device. In one embodiment, the method may include providing a visual recording device. In one embodiment, the method may include mounting the visual recording device to the mounting plate. In some embodiments, the method may include aligning a lens of the visual recording device with the channel of the housing. 
     In one embodiment, the mounting plate may include one or more adjustment bars. Aligning the lens of the visual recording device with the channel of the housing may include adjusting at least one adjustment bar of the mounting plate in relation to the mounting plate. 
     In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image stabilizing bar rotatably coupled to the mounting plate. The image stabilizing bar may include a hook. In one embodiment, mounting the apparatus to the sighting device may include detachably coupling the hook of the image stabilizing bar to the sighting device. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In order that the advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments that are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of a system for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 2A  is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of an apparatus for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 2B  is a perspective view illustrating another embodiment of an apparatus for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 3  is an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment of an apparatus for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 4A  is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of a system for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 4B  is a side view illustrating another embodiment of a system for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 5  is a cutaway top view illustrating an additional embodiment of a system for phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view illustrating an additional embodiment of an apparatus for a phone scope mount; 
         FIG. 7A  is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of a phone scope mount; and 
         FIG. 7B  is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of a phone scope mount. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment,” “in an embodiment,” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment, but mean “one or more but not all embodiments” unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “including,” “comprising,” “having,” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to” unless expressly specified otherwise. An enumerated listing of items does not imply that any or all of the items are mutually exclusive and/or mutually inclusive, unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “a,” “an,” and “the” also refer to “one or more” unless expressly specified otherwise. 
     Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided, such as examples of mechanical structures, electrical devices, hardware modules, hardware circuits, hardware chips, etc., to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as one or more methods. The methods may include providing one or more components of the apparatuses or systems. The methods may include using one or more components of the apparatuses or systems. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view depicting one embodiment of a system  100  for a phone mount for a scope. The system  100  may include a weapon  102 . Although the weapon  102  depicted in  FIG. 1  is a rifle, it should not be understood that the weapon  102  is limited to a rifle. The weapon  102  may include a gun, a bow, a crossbow, or the like. 
     In one embodiment, the system  100  may include a sighting device  104 . Although the sighting device  104  depicted in  FIG. 1  is a gun scope, it should not be understood that the sighting device  104  is limited to a gun scope. The sighting device  104  may include one or more eyepieces and/or barrels of binoculars, a telescope, a camera lens, or another magnification or sighting device. In one embodiment, the sighting device  104  may include a first end  106 . In a further embodiment, the first end  106  may include an aperture that a user looks through to use the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the first end  106  may include a channel that connects the first end  106  to a second end  108  of the sighting device  104  or another part of the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the sighting device  104  may also include a second end  108 . The second end  108  may include an aperture that faces a target and receives the image of the target. In a further embodiment, the second end  108  may include a channel that connects the second end  108  to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  or to another part of the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the system  100  may include a phone scope mount  110 . In a further embodiment, the phone scope mount  110  may include an apparatus that mounts to the sighting device  104 . Although the phone scope mount  110  may mount to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 , as depicted in  FIG. 1 , it should not be understood that the phone scope mount  110  is limited to mounting to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . The phone scope mount  110  may mount to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 , the second end  108 , or another area of the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the phone scope mount  110  may mount visual recording device to the side of the sighting device  104 . In some embodiments, the visual recording device may include a phone. In a further embodiment, the phone scope mount  110  may not be limited to mounting a phone to the side of the sighting device  104 . A visual recording device may include a phone, a photography camera, a video recording camera, a web camera, an action camera, or another type of device capable of receiving optical input. 
     In certain embodiments, the phone scope mount  110  may be disposed to the side of the sighting device  104 , above the sighting device  104 , below the sighting device, or the like. For example, in one embodiment, the sighting device  104  may include a gun scope. The gun scope may mount to the weapon  102 . The weapon  102  may include a gun. The gun may include one or more accessories mounted to the gun near the gun scope. The phone scope mount  110  may need to be disposed above the gun scope to avoid the accessories. 
       FIGS. 2A and 2B  are perspective views depicting embodiments of an apparatus  200  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a housing  202  mountable to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . In a further embodiment, the housing  202  may include a channel that mounts to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the housing  202  may include a first end that faces a user and a second end that mounts to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the first end of the housing  202  may include eyepiece that faces the user and allows the user to look through the housing  202 , the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 , and the second end  108  toward a target. 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a channel  204  protruding from a side of the housing  202 . Although  FIGS. 2A and 2B  depict the channel  204  as protruding from the left side of the housing  202 , it should not be understood that the channel  204  is limited to protruding from the left side of the housing  202 . The channel  204  may protrude from a side of the housing  202  in a variety of ways. For example, in some embodiments, the channel  204  may protrude from the right side of the housing  202 , the left side of the housing  202 , the top of the housing  202 , the bottom of the housing  202 , or another side of the housing  202 . Furthermore, in one embodiment, the channel  204  may include a channel of a width or diameter sufficient to allow a camera lens of a phone to receive an image from the housing  202 . 
     In one embodiment, the channel  204  may include an adjustable length. The length of the channel  204  may adjust in a variety of ways. For example, in one embodiment, the channel  204  may include one or more channel spacers. In a further embodiment, the one or more channel spacers may include one or more additional channels that may connect to an end of the channel  204  and lengthen the channel  204 . In another embodiment, the channel  204  may include a collapsible extender. In one embodiment, the collapsible extender may include one or more channels that may house inside the channel  204 . In a further embodiment, the one or more channels of the collapsible channels may exit the channel  204  and lengthen the channel  204 . The adjustable length may allow a user to couple the apparatus  200  to a sighting device  104  and avoid one or more protrusions on or near the sighting device  104  (such as the one or more gun accessories described above). One of skill in the art will recognize other ways that the channel  204  may include an adjustable length. 
     In one embodiment, the channel  204  may include an adjustable length to allow different cameras to focus on a desired object. A channel  204  of a fixed length may not allow a camera to focus on a desired object. For example, in one embodiment, the desired object that a camera should focus on may include a one-way mirror disposed inside the housing  202  (described in described below). In one embodiment, for example, the length from the end of the channel  204  to the one-way mirror may be 2 inches (approximately 5 cm). However, a user&#39;s visual recording device may not be able to focus on an object 2 inches away. A channel  204  that includes an adjustable length may lengthen to a length sufficient to allow a visual recording device to focus on the one-way mirror. 
     In one embodiment, the channel  204  may include an adjustable width. The width of the channel  204  may adjust in a variety of ways. For example, in one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include multiple channels  204 , each channel  204  having a different width. In a further embodiment, the multiple channels  204  may attach to and detach from the housing  202  or the mounting plate  206  (discussed below). In another embodiment, the channel  204  may include one or more rings that may fit over an end of the channel  204  and reduce the width of the opening of the end of the channel  204 . For example, in one embodiment, the channel  204  may include one or more rings that fit over an end of the channel  204 , each ring reducing the width of the end of the channel  204  by a different amount. In another embodiment, for example, a first ring of the one or more rings may fit over the end of the channel  204  and the other rings may fit inside the first ring. In a further embodiment, the channel  204  may include an aperture. In one embodiment, a user may adjust the aperture (for example, by twisting an end of the channel  204 ) to reduce or enlarge the width of an end of the channel  204 . One of skill in the art will recognize other ways that the channel  204  may include an adjustable width. 
     In one embodiment, the channel  204  may include an adjustable width to allow different camera lens to look through the channel  204 . For example, in one embodiment, a user may mount a phone to the apparatus  200 . In a further embodiment, the phone&#39;s camera lens may have a width of 0.5 inches (approximately 1.3 cm). The channel  204  may adjust its width to approximately 0.5 inches. Later, the user may dismount the phone and mount a camera to the apparatus  200 . The camera&#39;s lens may have a width of 3 inches (approximately 7.6 cm). The user may adjust the width of the channel  204  to approximately 3 inches to accommodate the width of the camera&#39;s lens. Additionally or alternatively, in one embodiment, the user may adjust the width of the channel  204  to a size larger or smaller than the width of the lens that looks through the channel  204 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a mounting plate  206 . The mounting plate  206  may be disposed to a side of the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may mount to a side of the housing  202 . For example, the mounting plate  206  may couple to the channel  204 . The mounting plate  206  may couple to another portion of the housing. In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may couple to the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may include one or more adjustment bars adjustable along one or more axes in X or Y in relation to the surface of the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the adjustment bars may adjust for a size or a placement of a lens of a visual recording device. 
     In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may include a substantially flat surface. A surface of a visual recording device may engage with the substantially flat surface and the flat surface may assist in preventing the visual recording device from moving around or slipping. The surface may include groove pattern. The groove pattern may include one or more grooves disposed on the flat surface to prevent an object engaged with the surface from slipping. In one embodiment, the surface may include a place for a logo, decal, or the like. In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may include a variety of shapes. The type, size, or shape of sighting device  104  or visual recording device may influence the shape of the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a lower adjustment bar  208 . The lower adjustment bar  208  may include one or more bars that include a groove running through a central portion of the bar. The lower adjustment bar  208  may connect to a lower adjustment stop  210 . The lower adjustment bar  208 , in some embodiments, may connect to the mounting plate  206  through a lower adjustment connector  212 . The lower adjustment connector  212  may couple the lower adjustment bar  208  to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the lower adjustment bar  208  may vertically adjust in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, as depicted in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , the mounting plate  206  may include two lower adjustment bars  208  that couple to one lower adjustment stop  210 . 
     In one embodiment, the lower adjustment bar  208  may include the lower adjustment stop  210 . In a further embodiment, the lower adjustment stop  210  may protrude away from the lower adjustment bar  208  at an angle. For example, in one embodiment, the lower adjustment stop  210  may include a piece with one or more lips or grooves. In some embodiments, the one or more lips or grooves may face up (toward the mounting plate  206 ) and receive a visual recording device and hold the visual recording device to the mounting plate  206 , preventing the visual recording device from moving in relation to the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the lower adjustment connector  212  may couple the lower adjustment bar  208  to the mounting plate  206 . The lower adjustment connector  212 , in one embodiment, may partially disengage from the lower adjustment bar  208  to allow the lower adjustment bar  208  to move up or down in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the lower adjustment connector  212  may include a screw and a nut. The screw may penetrate an aperture in the mounting plate  206  and extend toward the backside of the mounting plate  206 . The backside of the mounting plate  206  may include the side of the mounting plate  206  that faces the sighting device  104 . The screw may include a head sized and shaped to prevent the screw from completely penetrating the mounting plate  206 . The screw may penetrate the groove disposed in the central portion of the lower adjustment bar  208  and the nut may couple to the screw and engage with the lower adjustment bar  208 . The nut engaging with the lower adjustment bar  208  may hold the lower adjustment bar  208  in place in relation to the mounting plate. The nut may include a patterned edge to assist a user in gripping the nut. The lower adjustment connector  212  may include a washer disposed between the mounting plate  206  and the nut. The washer may help couple the lower adjust bar  208  to the nut. In a further embodiment, the lower adjustment bar  208  and lower adjustment stop  210  may adjust for different shapes or sizes of visual recording devices and different locations of lenses on visual recording devices by moving up and down in relation to the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include an upper adjustment bar  214 . The upper adjustment bar  214 , in a further embodiment, may connect to an upper adjustment stop  216 . In one embodiment, the upper adjustment bar  214  may connect to the mounting plate  206  through an upper adjustment connector  218 . In a further embodiment, the upper adjustment bar  214  may vertically adjust in relation to the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the upper adjustment bar  214  may include the upper adjustment stop  216 . In a further embodiment, the upper adjustment stop  216  may protrude away from the upper adjustment bar  214  at an angle. For example, in one embodiment, the upper adjustment stop  216  may include a piece with one or more lips or grooves. In a further embodiment, the one or more lips or grooves may face down (toward the mounting plate  206 ) and receive a visual recording device, holding the visual recording device to the mounting plate  206  and preventing the visual recording device from moving in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the upper adjustment connector  218  may mount the upper adjustment bar  214  to the mounting plate  206 . The upper adjustment connector  218 , in some embodiments, may partially disengage from the upper adjustment bar  214  to allow the upper adjustment bar  214  to move up or down in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the upper adjustment bar  214  and upper adjustment stop  216  may adjust for different sizes or shapes of visual recording devices and different locations of a lenses on the visual recording devices by moving up and down in relation to the mounting plate  206 . The upper adjustment connector may include a screw and nut assembly as described above. 
     In one embodiment, the upper adjustment bar  214  may include a micro adjuster  218 A. The micro adjuster  218 A may include a screw that penetrates downward through the upper adjustment bar  208  or the mounting plate  206 . For example, the upper adjustment connector  218  may include a screw with a threaded aperture inside the shaft of the screw. The screw of the micro adjuster  218 A may penetrate the threaded aperture. The micro adjuster  218 A may include a turning cap disposed on an upper portion of the upper adjustment bar  214 . Turning the turning cap may cause the screw to turn, which may adjust the upper adjustment bar  214  in a vertical movement. Although  FIG. 2A  depicts only the upper adjustment bar  214  as including a micro adjuster  218 A, the lower adjustment bar  208 , a horizontal adjustment bar  220 , or the secondary horizontal bar  260  may include a micro adjuster  218 A. 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a horizontal adjustment bar  220 . In some embodiments, the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may connect to a horizontal adjustment stop  222 . In a further embodiment, the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may connect to the mounting plate  206  through a horizontal adjustment connector  224 . The horizontal adjustment bar  220 , in one embodiment, may adjust horizontally in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may include the horizontal adjustment stop  222 . The horizontal adjustment stop  222 , in some embodiments, may protrude away from the horizontal adjustment bar  220  at an angle. For example, in one embodiment, the horizontal adjustment stop  222  may include a piece with one or more lips or grooves. In a further embodiment, the one or more lips or grooves may face toward the mounting plate  206  and receive a visual recording device, holding the visual recording device to the mounting plate  206 , and preventing the visual recording device from moving in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the horizontal adjustment connector  224  may mount the horizontal adjustment bar  220  to the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the horizontal adjustment connector  224  may partially disengage from the horizontal adjustment bar  220  to allow the horizontal adjustment bar  220  to move side to side in relation to the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the horizontal adjustment bar  220  and horizontal adjustment stop  222  may adjust for different shapes or sizes of visual recording devices and different locations of lenses on visual recording devices by moving up and down in relation to the mounting plate  206 . The horizontal adjustment connector  224  may include a screw and nut assembly as described above. 
     In one embodiment, the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may include one or more screws. For example, as depicted in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may include two screws. Multiple screws may provide added stability to the sighting device  104 . The added stability may include stability in response to recoil from the sighting device  104 . For example, the sighting device  104  may include a gun scope mounted to a gun and shooting the gun may cause recoil. 
     In another embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a second horizontal adjustment bar. In one embodiment, the second horizontal adjustment bar may connect to a second horizontal stop. In a further embodiment, the second horizontal stop may include one or more lips or grooves that face toward the mounting plate  206 . The second horizontal bar, in some embodiments, may connect to the mounting plate  206  through a second horizontal connector. In one embodiment, the second horizontal bar may move side to side in relation to the mounting plate  206  to adjust for different sizes or shapes of visual recording devices and different locations of lenses on visual recording devices. In one embodiment, the second horizontal bar may include the secondary horizontal bar  260  described below. 
     In one embodiment, the lower adjustment bar  208 , the upper adjustment bar  214 , and the horizontal adjustment bar  220  (collectively, “the adjustment bars”) may each include a stop extender. Each stop extender, in one embodiment, may extend a connected adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220  away from the mounting plate  206  at an angle substantially perpendicular to the connected adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 . For example, in one embodiment, each stop extender may extend a connected adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220  away from the central adjust mount  206  and away from the housing  202  at a perpendicular angle to the connected adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 . In a further embodiment, the stop extenders may allow visual recording devices of different sizes or shapes to mount to the size of the housing  202 . 
     In one embodiment, the lower, upper, and horizontal adjustment stops  210 ,  216 , and  222  (collectively, “the adjustment stops”) may detach from the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 . In a further embodiment, the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 , may detach from the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220  to allow different adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  to attach to the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 . In some embodiments, the various adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  may include adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  of different shapes and sizes. For example, in one embodiment, one lower adjustment stop  210  may include a rounded groove and another lower adjustment stop  210  may include an angular groove. In another embodiment, the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  may include stops that change shape. One of skill in the art will recognize other forms the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  may include to engage and hold different devices to the side of the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include one or more levels mounted to the housing  202  or to the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the one or more levels may assist a user in mounting the cases  202  to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  in a desired orientation. For example, in one embodiment, the one or more levels may assist the user in orienting the housing  202  such that channel  204  extends horizontally from the housing  202  as depicted in  FIGS. 2A and 2B . In another embodiment, the one or more levels may assist a user in orienting the housing  202  such that the channel  204  extends vertically from the housing  202 . One of skill in the art will recognize other ways that the one or more levels may assist a user in orienting the housing  202  into a desired position on the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a clamp  230 . The clamp  230  may mount to the sighting device  104 . For example, the clamp  230  may include an adjustable ring that may adjust in diameter to adapt to a size of a sighting device  104 . The clamp  230  may include one or more sizing rings  232 . A sizing ring  232  may be disposed on an interior surface of the clamp  230 . A sizing ring  232  may include one or more apertures to allow a fastener  236  to penetrate the aperture and hold the sizing ring  232  in place. 
     In one embodiment, the clamp  230  may include a clamp fastener  234 . The clamp fastener  234  may penetrate an aperture disposed on the clamp  230 . Tightening the clamp fastener  234  may reduce the diameter of the clamp  230  and cause the clamp  230  to grip to the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the clamp  230  may include one or more fasteners  236 . A fastener  236  may penetrate an aperture disposed on an edge of the clamp  230 . The fastener  236  may include a washer disposed around a shaft of the fastener  236 . As described above, the fastener may penetrate an aperture of a sizing ring  232  disposed on the interior surface of the clamp  230 . 
     In one embodiment, the housing  202  may include one or more sliding tracks  238 . A sliding track  238  may include a longitudinal piece of material disposed on an exterior surface of the housing  202 . The piece of material may include a groove that travels a portion of the length of the sliding track  238 . The groove may include an open end disposed away from housing  202 . The sliding track  238  may couple to the housing  202  via a fastener  240 . In one embodiment, the groove of the sliding track  238  may be sized to fit around the shaft of the fastener  236 . The clamp  230  may slide into the sliding track  238  via the one or more fasteners  236 . The washer of the fastener  236  may engage with the sliding track  238  and may couple the housing  202  to the clamp  230 . In one embodiment, one or more sliding tracks  238  may be disposed on the clamp  230  and one or more fasteners  236  may be disposed on the housing  202 . 
     In one embodiment, the housing  202  sliding in and out of the sliding track  238  may allow a user to quickly remove one or more portions of the apparatus  200 , such as the housing  202  and the mounting plate  206  with the attached adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 , from the sighting device  104 . The housing  202  sliding in and out of the sliding track  238  may allow the user to adjust the distance between the housing  202  and the sighting device. Adjusting the distance may include adjusting the focus of the housing or a visual recording device, such as a phone, attached to the apparatus  200 . 
     As depicted in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , in one embodiment, the one or more sliding tracks  238  and fasteners  240  may be disposed on the housing  202  and the one or more fasteners  236  may be disposed on the clamp  230 . In one embodiment, the one or more sliding tracks  238  and fasteners  240  may be disposed on the clamp  230  and the one or more fasteners  236  may be disposed on the housing  202 . 
     In one embodiment, the housing  202  may include a sight shade  242 . The sight shade  242  may include a piece of material that surrounds at least a portion of the viewing end of the housing  202 . The sight shade  242  may prevent light from entering the interior of the housing  202  and may prevent glare or interference from interfering with the user&#39;s view. The sight shade  242  may block prevent light around the viewing end of the housing  202  to be reflected off the mirror disposed inside the housing  202  (discussed below) and enter the recording device mounted to the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include an image stabilizing bar  250 . In one embodiment, the image stabilizing bar  250  may be disposed on the horizontal adjustment bar  220 . In one embodiment, the image stabilizing bar  250  may be disposed on a portion of the mounting plate  206 . The image stabilizing bar  250  may include a coupling bar  252 . The coupling bar  252  may couple the image stabilizing bar  250  to the horizontal adjustment bar  220 . The coupling bar  252  may include one or more apertures that the horizontal adjustment bar  220  may penetrate. The coupling bar  252  may include a length to extend the image stabilizing bar  250  toward the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the image stabilizing bar  250  may include a sight bar  254 . The sight bar  254  may detachably couple to the sighting device  104 . The sight bar  254  may engage with the sighting device  104  and may provide stability to the recording device disposed on the mounting place  206 . 
     In one embodiment, as depicted in  FIG. 2B , the sight bar  254  may include a hook. The hook may be sized or shaped to detachably couple to a portion of the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the sight bar  254  may include a different coupling mechanism. For example, the sight bar  254  may include a clamp, a clasp, or the like. In one embodiment, the sight bar  254  may include a groove. The groove may be disposed on the sight bar  254  distal from the coupling mechanism. The groove may allow the user to adjust the length of the image stabilizing bar  250 . 
     In some embodiments, the image stabilizing bar may include a fastener  256 . The fastener  256  may couple the sight bar  254  with the coupling bar  252 . In one embodiment, tightening the fastener  256  may fix the position of the sight bar  254  relative to the coupling bar  252 . In some embodiments, the fastener  256  may include a connector similar to the connectors  212 ,  218 ,  224  described above. 
     In one embodiment, the mounting plate  206  may include a secondary adjustment bar  260 . The secondary adjustment bar  260  may be disposed horizontally on the mounting plate  206  distal from the horizontal adjustment bar  220  as depicted in  FIGS. 2A and 2B . The secondary adjustment bar  260  may include a screw. The secondary adjustment bar  260  may include a rotatable stop  262 . The rotatable stop  262  may be disposed on the secondary adjustment bar  260  distal from the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, the rotatable stop  262  may rotate around an axis. The rotatable stop  262  may rotate away from the housing  202  and may be disposed at a length away from the housing. In response to rotating away from the housing  202 , the rotatable stop  262  may engage with an edge of a recording device, such as a phone, mounted to the mounting plate  206 . The rotatable stop  262  may prevent the recording device from sliding away from the mounting plate  260 . The user may rotate the rotatable stop  262  to quickly slide the visual recording device toward or away from the mounting plate  206 . 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include one or more adjustment bar grooves. The adjustment bar grooves may include one or more grooves that receive an adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 , or  260 . The one or more grooves may be disposed on the backside or front side of the mounting plate  206 . An adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  may fit within an adjustment bar groove and substantially fit within the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, an adjustment bar groove may run along the entire width or length of the mounting plate  206  or may run part of the width or length of the mounting plate  206 . In one embodiment, an adjustment bar groove may include a width substantially the same as a corresponding adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260 . In a further embodiment, an adjustment bar groove may include a width wider than the width of the corresponding adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260 . In one embodiment, a width wider than the corresponding adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  may allow a user to adjust the corresponding adjustment bar  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  side-to-side and allow the corresponding adjustment stop  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262  to engage with a larger selection of visual recording devices. 
     In one embodiment, the apparatus  200  may include a shade  270 . The shade  270  may include a piece of material disposed around the visual recording device while the visual recording device is mounted to the mounting plate  206 . The shade  270  may shade the visual recording device from a light source, such as the sun, so that the user may view a screen of the visual recording device. A light source may make viewing the screen difficult because of glare or the like on the screen. In one embodiment, a fastener  272  may fasten the shade  270  to the apparatus  200 . For example, as depicted in  FIG. 2B , the fastener  272  may be disposed on the upper adjustment bar  214 . 
       FIG. 3  is an exploded view illustrating one embodiment of an apparatus  300  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the apparatus  300  may include a housing  202  mountable to a first end  106  of a sighting device  104 , a channel  204  coupled to a side of the housing  202 , a mounting plate  206  mounted to a side of the housing  202 , the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 , and  260 , the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 , and  262 , and lower, upper, and horizontal adjustment connectors  212 ,  218 ,  224 ,  264  (collectively, “the adjustment connectors”), as described in relation to  FIGS. 2A-B . 
     The apparatus  300 , in some embodiments, may include a one-way mirror  302 . In one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  between a first end of the housing  202  and the second end  108  of a sighting device  104 . In a further embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may allow an image from the second end of the scope  104  to pass through the one-way mirror  302  toward the first end of the housing  202 . In one embodiment, a user may look through the first end of the housing  202  and view the image that passes through the one-way mirror  302 . In a further embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may reflect the image from the second end  108  of the sighting device  104  through the channel  204 . In one embodiment, the reflected image may pass through the channel  204  and into the lens of a visual recording device. 
     The one-way mirror  302  may include a piece of glass or other transparent material. The glass may be coated with a layer of reflective material. The layer may include a thin layer of aluminum. The coating may reflect a portion of the light of the image into the channel  204  and may allow a portion of the light of the image to pass through the coating to the user&#39;s eye. One of skill in the art may appreciate other embodiments of a one-way mirror. 
     The one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  in a variety of ways. For example, in one embodiment, the housing  202  may include a housing insert  304 . The housing insert  304  may be shaped or sized to insert inside the housing  202 . The housing insert  304  may include one or more slots  306 . The slots  306  may receive the one-way mirror  302  and hold it in place inside the housing  202  and housing insert  304 . The housing insert  304  may include an aperture disposed in a side of the housing insert  304  that may align with the channel  204  of the housing  202 . In some embodiments, the one-way mirror  302  may include a mirror shaped to fit inside the housing  202 . In one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  and prevent a user from looking through the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  without looking through the one-way mirror  302 . In another embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may block part of the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  from direct view of the user and allow a user to see part of the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  without looking through the one-way mirror  302 . 
     In one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  at an angle to the housing  202 . For example, in one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  at a 45-degree angle from the side of the housing  202 . In another embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount at an acute or obtuse angle from the side of the housing  202 . In one embodiment, the angle at which the one-way mirror  302  is disposed inside the housing  202  may determine the angle at which the channel  204  protrudes from the side of the housing  202 . For example, in one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  at a 45-degree angle and the channel  204  may protrude perpendicularly from the side of the housing  202 . In another embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  at an acute angle to the side of the housing  202  and the channel  204  may protrude at an angle from the case such that the one-way mirror  302  reflects the image through the channel  204 . 
     In some embodiments, the apparatus  300  may include a lens  308 . The lens  308  may be disposed on an end of the housing insert  304 . The lens  308  may be disposed at the end of the housing insert  304  that faces a user looking through the viewing end of the housing  202 . The lens  308  may prevent dust, debris, or the like from entering the housing  202  and/or contacting the one-way mirror  302 . 
     In one embodiment, the housing insert  304  may include one or more track fastener apertures  310 . The housing  202  may include one or more track fastener apertures  312 . The tracker fasteners  310  of the housing insert  304  and the track fasteners of the housing  202  may align in response to the housing insert  304  being in an inserted state inside the housing  202 . The one or more fasteners  240  may be inserted into the track fastener apertures  310 ,  312 . The track fastener apertures  310 ,  312  may include threaded apertures to receive the fasteners  240 . In one embodiment, the fasteners  240  may hold the housing insert  304  inside the housing  202 . Removing the fasteners  240  may allow a user to remove the housing insert  304  from the housing  202 , which may allow the user to remove the on-way mirror  302  from the slot  306 . 
       FIG. 4A  is a perspective view depicting one embodiment of a system  400  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the system  400  may include a housing  202  mounted to a first end  106  of a sighting device  104  and a channel  204  mounted to a side of the housing  202 . In a further embodiment, a mounting plate  206  may be mounted to the housing  202 . The mounting plate  206 , in some embodiments, may include the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260 , the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262 , and the adjustment connectors  212 ,  218 ,  224 ,  264  as described above in relation to  FIGS. 2A and 2B  and  FIG. 3 . The housing  202  may mount to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104  in variety of ways. For example, in one embodiment, the housing  202  may slide over the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . Additionally or alternatively, in one embodiment, the housing  202  may include a clamp  230  as described above in relation to  FIGS. 2A and 2B  and  FIG. 3 . 
     In a further embodiment, the clamp  230  may fasten the housing  202  to the first end  106  of the sighting device  104 . With the housing  202  mounted to a first end  106  of a sighting device  104 , in some embodiments, the system  400  may be in a position to receive and hold a visual recording device, as depicted in  FIG. 4B . 
       FIG. 4B  is side view depicting one embodiment of a system  400  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the system  400  may include a housing  202  mounted to a first end  106  of a sighting device  104  and a channel  204  mounted to a side of the housing  202 , as discussed above in relation to  FIG. 4A . In one embodiment, a visual recording device  402  may selectively mount to the side of the housing  202  using the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262 . The visual recording device  402  may include one of several devices described above. As depicted in  FIG. 4B , the visual recording device  402  may include a phone. The visual recording device  402  may include a lens  404 . The lens  402  may be disposed on a surface of the visual recording device  402  disposed toward the channel  204 . In a further embodiment, the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262  may hold the visual recording device  402  close to the mounting plate  206  without the visual recording device  402  contacting the plate of the mounting plate  206 . Many phones are protected by phone cases that surround the phone. In some embodiments, in response to the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 , and  262  holding the phone  402  close to the mounting plate  206  without the phone touching the plate of the mounting plate  206 , a user may use the system  400  without having to remove the phone&#39;s  402  phone case. 
     In another embodiment, the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262  may mount a camera to the side of the housing  202  using the stop extenders of the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260 . In a further embodiment, the stop extenders may extend away from the housing  202  and the mounting plate  206  at an angle perpendicular to the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260 . In one embodiment, the stop extenders may adjust the adjustment stops  210 ,  126 ,  222 ,  262  to engage and hold the camera. 
     As depicted in  FIG. 4B , a user may adjust the positions of the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  in the X or Y directions relative to the mounting plate  206 . Adjusting the positions of the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  may align the lens of the visual recording device  402  with the channel  204 . In the aligned position, the visual recording device  402  may be in a position to receive images from the sighting device  104  and recording the images. 
       FIG. 5  is a cutaway top view depicting one embodiment of an apparatus  500  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the apparatus  500  may include a housing  202 , a clamp  230  mounting the housing  202  to a first end  106  of a sighting device  104 , a channel  204 , a mounting plate  206 , the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  the adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222 ,  262  and a one-way mirror  302  mounted inside the housing  202 , as described above. In one embodiment, a visual recording device  402  may mount to the side of the mounting plate  206 . The adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220  and adjustment stops  210 ,  216 ,  222  may mount the visual recording device  402  to the side of the mounting plate  206 . In a further embodiment, the visual recording device  402  may include a lens  404 . The lens  404 , in some embodiments, may be disposed on the surface of the visual recording device  402  disposed toward the channel  204 . In one embodiment, the adjustment bars  208 ,  214 ,  220 ,  260  may adjust vertically and horizontally as described above in  FIGS. 2A, 2B, 3, and 4  to align the camera lens  404  with the channel  204 , as depicted in  FIG. 5 . 
     In one embodiment, a user may look through a first end of the housing  202 . In a further embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may mount inside the housing  202  between a first end of the housing  202  and the second end  108  of a sighting device  104 . As depicted in  FIG. 5 , the dotted lines may represent the image received through the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may allow the user to look through a first end of the housing  202 , through the one-way mirror  302 , and through the second end of the scope  104 , and see a target located distal from the second end  108  of the sighting device  104 . In one embodiment, the one-way mirror  302  may reflect the image of the target and allow the lens  404  to receive the image through the channel  204  and see the same target as the user. In this manner, in some embodiments, the lens  404  of the visual recording device  402  and the user may see the same target simultaneously through the sighting device  104  without the visual recording device  402  blocking the view of the sighting device  104  from the user. As depicted in  FIG. 5 , in some embodiments, the visual recording device  402  may include a device disposed in a parallel position to the sighting device  104 . 
     In one embodiment, the lens  404  of the visual recording device  402  may receive an image through the channel  204  and may record the image. For example, in one embodiment, the visual recording device  402  may take a picture or record a video of one or more images that the lens  404  may receive. In a further embodiment, taking a picture or activating/deactivating video recording on the phone  402  may include the user pressing a button on the visual recording device  402  or touching a touchscreen of the visual recording device  402 . In another embodiment, the visual recording device  402  may connect to an external interface and taking a picture or activating/deactivating video recording may include the user interacting with the external interface. 
     In some embodiments, the external interface may mount to the apparatus  500 , for example, on the housing  202 . For example, in one embodiment, the external interface may include a remote with a button and pressing the button may include the phone  402  taking a picture or activating/deactivating video recording. In one embodiment, the external interface connecting to the visual recording device  402  may include a wireless connection, such as BLUETOOTH, near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi, or another wireless connection. In some embodiments, the external interface connecting to the visual recording device  402  may include a cable connecting the visual recording device  402  to a remote. In one embodiment, the cable may connect to the phone through a universal serial bus (USB) port or some other external port. One of skill in the art will recognize other ways that an external interface may connect with a visual recording device  402 . 
       FIG. 6  is a perspective view depicting one embodiment of an apparatus  600  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the apparatus  600  may include the housing  202  and channel  204  as described above. In one embodiment, the apparatus  600  may include one or more view rings  602 ,  604 , and  606 . In some embodiments, the one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may mount to a first end of the housing  202 . The one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606 , in a further embodiment, may adjust the size of an eyepiece of the first end of the housing  202 . In one embodiment, the one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may prevent a portion of light from entering the first end of the housing  202 . 
     The one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may mount to a first end of the housing  202  in a variety of ways. For example, in one embodiment, the outer most view ring  602  may include a flange connected to the circumference of the outer most view ring  602 . In a further embodiment, the flange may mount over the circumference of the first end of the housing  202  and adjust the size of the eyepiece of the first end of the housing  202 . In one embodiment, an inner view ring  604  may include a ring of a diameter such that the inner view  604  ring fits inside the outer most view ring  602 , further adjusting the size of the eyepiece of the first end of the housing  202 . 
     In one embodiment, the one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may include a flexible material. In another embodiment, the one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may include a rigid material. In one embodiment, the one or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606  may each include a flange that extends towards a user, further preventing a portion of light from entering the first end of the housing  202 . 
     Although  FIG. 6  depicts the apparatus  600  including three view rings  602 ,  604 , and  606 , it should not be understood that the apparatus  600  is limited to this embodiment. In one embodiment, the apparatus  600  may include a single view ring  602 . In another embodiment, the apparatus may include two or more view rings  602 ,  604 ,  606 . Furthermore, in some embodiments, the view rings  602 ,  604 , and  606  may include rings of varying width. One of skill in the art will recognize other ways in which the one or more view rings  602 .  604 ,  606  may mount to a first end of the housing  202  and prevent a portion of light from entering the first end of the housing  202 . 
       FIGS. 7A and 7B  are perspective views showing various embodiments of an apparatus  700  for a phone scope mount. In one embodiment, the apparatus  700  may include a housing  202  and a channel  204  as described above. In a further embodiment, the apparatus  700  may include a sized holder. In one embodiment, the sized holder may include a back plate  702 . In one embodiment, the sized holder may include one or more edge protrusions  704 . In one embodiment, the sized holder may include one or more edge grips  706 . 
     In one embodiment, one or more components of the sized holder may be sized for a specific type of phone. For example, in one embodiment, the phone holder may be sized to hold an APPLE-brand phone, such as an IPHONE. In another embodiment, the sized holder may be sized to hold a SAMSUNG-brand phone. In one embodiment, the sized holder may be sized for a specific type of photography camera, video recording camera, web camera, or another type of device capable of receiving optical input. 
     In one embodiment, the sized holder may include a back plate  702 . In one embodiment, the back plate  702  may mount to an end of the channel  204 . In a further embodiment, the back plate  702  may include an aperture connected to an end of the channel  204 . In one embodiment, the location of the aperture connected to the channel  204  may be based, at least in part, by the type of phone, camera, or the like the sized holder is sized for. In one further embodiment, the back plate  702  may be sized for a specific type of phone, camera, or the like. In a further embodiment, the shape of the back plate  702  may be based, at least in part, on the specific type of phone, camera, or the like. 
     In one embodiment, the back plate  702  may be detachable from the housing  202 , the channel  204 , or the like. In a further embodiment, a user may detach the back plate  702  and attach a different back plate  702 . In one embodiment, the different back plate  702  may be sized for a different type of phone, camera, or the like. In some embodiments, the back plate  702  may attach to the housing  202 , channel  204 , or the like in various ways. For example, in one embodiment, as depicted in  FIGS. 7A and 7B , one or more screws may couple the back plate  702  to housing  202 , channel  204 , or the like. One of skill in the art will recognize ways in which the back plate  702  may attach to the housing  202 , channel  204 , or the like. 
     In one embodiment, the sized holder may include one or more edge protrusions  704 . In a further embodiment, the one or more edge protrusions  704  may mount to an edge of the back plate  702 . In one embodiment, the one or more edge protrusions  704  may protrude away from the back plate in a toward where a phone, camera, or the like may mount, as depicted in  FIG. 7A . In a further embodiment, the one or more edge protrusions  704  may protrude at an angle from the back plate. For example, in one embodiment, the one or more edge protrusions  704  may protrude substantially perpendicular from the back plate.  702 . The one or more edge protrusions, in some embodiments, may prevent a phone from sliding, moving, or the like while the phone is mounted to the sized holder. 
     In one embodiment, the sized holder may include one or more edge grips  706 . In a further embodiment, the one or more edge grips  706 , in one embodiment, may extend from one or more edges of the back plate  702 , one or more edge protrusions  704 , or the like. In one embodiment, the one or more edge grips  706  may each include a flange. In a further embodiment, the flange of each edge grip  706  may aid in gripping a phone, camera, or the like. In one embodiment, the one or more edge grips  706  may be disposed on various portions of the back plate  702 , edge protrusions  704 , or the like. For example, as depicted in  FIGS. 7A and 7B , in one embodiment, the one or more edge grips may be disposed on one or more corners of the back plate  702  or one or more edges of the back plate  702 . 
     The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.