Patent ID: 8137008

Claim:
A mobile camera mount for supporting a camera above a roof of a vehicle and thereby permitting a user to capture images from the vehicle roof while the user is situated within the vehicle, said mobile camera mount comprising: a first mount adapted to be affixed to the vehicle roof; a telescoping structural member attached to the first mount and extending upwardly therefrom; and, a rotating assembly motionally attached to said telescoping structural member, wherein said rotating assembly further comprises: a platform connected to said telescoping structural member; a plurality of multidirectional pivoting members connected to said platform; and, a threaded appendage attached to one of said pivoting members and being adapted to receive the camera; wherein said threaded appendage is pivoted along forward and backward directions as well as being rotated about a longitudinal axis of said telescoping structural member, said threaded appendage further being tilted along a sideward direction relative to the longitudinal axis; wherein said rotating assembly further comprises a height adjustment knob to raise and lower said telescoping structural member, said height adjustment knob engaging a first extending member of said telescoping structural member and a second extending member of said telescoping structural member; and, wherein said height adjustment knob is registered orthogonal to said first and second extending members, wherein said height adjustment knob passes through an outer surface of said first extending member and remains located exterior of said second extending member.