Patent ID: 7265342

Claim:
An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle, said accessory mounting system comprising: a housing; said housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; at least two accessories housed in said housing; one of said at least two accessories comprising a forwardly-viewing camera; another of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of: (a) a vehicle altitude sensor, (b) a vehicle incline sensor, (c) a headlamp sensor, (d) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter, (e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, (f) an antenna, (g) a rain sensor, (h) a microphone, and (i) a compass sensor; and said forwardly-viewing camera viewing through the windshield of the vehicle when said housing is mounted to said receiving structure.