Patent ID: 7771131

Claim:
A camera mount, comprising: an adjustable bracket for securement to a tree trunk, said bracket including: a base portion for engaging a tree trunk, said base portion including: a base plate having a front face and a rear face; a pair of jaws being affixed to said base plate in a spaced-apart relationship so as to project rearwardly from said rear face; a retaining band being affixed to said base plate so as to project rearwardly from said rear face and to define a horizontal passageway; a retaining pin being affixed to said base plate and projecting forwardly from said front face, and said retaining pin having first, external, helical threads; a first pivot pin being affixed to said base plate so as to project forwardly from said front face remote from said retaining pin; and, a first wing nut being threadably engaged with said first, external, helical threads of said retaining pin; a carrier portion being pivotally fastened to said base portion, said carrier portion including: a shoulder plate having a front side and a rear side and said rear side abutting said front face of said base plate, said shoulder plate also having an aperture for rotatably receiving said first pivot pin and a first arcuate slot for slidably receiving said retaining pin; a pair of support arms being affixed to, and projecting forwardly from, said front side of said shoulder plate, each of said support arms being provided with a second arcuate slot; and, a second pivot pin having opposite ends, said opposite ends being respectively affixed to said support arms remote from said second arcuate slots; a pivot portion being pivotally fastened to said carrier portion, said pivot portion including: a retaining sleeve being rotatably fitted upon said second pivot pin; a socket member having a socket therein, said socket member being affixed at the bottom thereof to said retaining sleeve; a clamping sleeve being affixed to the top of said socket member, said clamping sleeve being substantially parallel to said retaining sleeve; a clamping pin that extending through said clamping sleeve and said second arcuate slots in said support arms, said clamping pin having second, external, helical threads; and, a second wing nut being threadably engaged with said second, external, helical threads of said clamping pin; a tree trunk-encircling belt extending through said horizontal passageway of said base portion; and, a hinged boom arm extending outwardly from said bracket, said support arm including: an inner arm segment being pivotally fastened to said bracket, said inner arm segment having a first elongated member with a first inner end and a first outer end and a pivot rod being rotatably positioned within said socket in said socket member; and, an outer arm segment having a second inner end and a second outer end and being pivotally fastened at said second inner end thereof to said first outer end of said inner arm member.