Patent ID: 7980771

Claim:
A device for rotatably mounting a camera on a torso of a person, the camera having a threaded tripod receiver, the device comprising: a plurality of straps; a jacket connected to said plurality of straps so as to position the jacket substantially in the front middle portion of the person's torso; a female connector having a U-shaped slot defined by a semi-circular pocket and a pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket, the U-shaped slot having a bulb shaped opening defined by a circular aperture in the pocket and an elongate space between the opposed channels; said female connector attached to said jacket; a male connector having a circular plate and a truncated substantially cylindrical body concentrically mounted on the plate, the plate being slidably received by the U-shaped slot of the female connector, and the plate being freely rotatable within the pocket of the U-shaped slot of the female connector when the substantially cylindrical body extends through the circular aperture in the pocket of the U-shaped slot, the substantially cylindrical body having a flat edge; a threaded member extending from the male connector concentrically of the circular plate of the male connector, the threaded member being for engaging the threaded tripod receiver of the camera; wherein the circular plate has a first rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is secured to the female connector, and a second rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is releasable from the female connector.