Patent ID: 7440027

Claim:
A mounting assembly for mounting a camera to a support structure, the camera having a camera body and a lens, said assembly comprising: a first bracket being fixable relative to the camera body wherein said first bracket supports the camera; a second bracket supportingly engaging said first bracket, said first bracket being rotatable about a first axis relative to said second bracket; a third bracket supportingly engaging said second bracket, said second bracket being rotatable about a second axis relative to said third bracket, said first and second axes being substantially mutually perpendicular, said third bracket being supportingly securable to the support structure wherein said third bracket is rotatable about a third axis relative to the support structure, said second and third axes being substantially mutually perpendicular; and wherein at least two of said first, second and third brackets are relatively translatable along a substantially linear length and wherein said first, second and third brackets are securable relative to said support structure whereby the camera may be fixedly mounted in a selected position, and wherein said second bracket defines at least one arcuate slot and said assembly further includes a fastener extending through said arcuate slot and engaging said first bracket, wherein repositioning said fastener in said arcuate slot rotates said first bracket relative to said second bracket about said first axis.