Patent ID: 8181269

Claim:
A helmet mount for night vision apparatus: said apparatus including a night vision goggle intensifying low level light into a visible image, a receptacle, and a mounting arrangement attached to said goggle and releasably coupled to said receptacle, said mounting arrangement being rotatable on said receptacle between operative and inoperative positions of said goggle; and a stop arrangement including a spring loaded head biased toward a first position in the path of rotation of said mounting arrangement, said head having a first surface that obstructs rotation of the mounting arrangement from the inoperative to the operative position of said goggle, said head having a second surface that cooperates with said mounting arrangement to push said head to a second position that permits the rotation of said mounting arrangement between the goggles operative and inoperative positions; wherein said head is mounted on a surface of said receptacle, said head having a flat surface generally parallel to said surface of said receptacle and said head further having a ramp surface extending from said flat surface toward said surface of said receptacle.