Patent ID: 8014656

Claim:
A mounting system for attaching a camera to a sports board, comprising: an upper mount component structured to enclose a camera, the upper mount component having a bottom surface including a first plurality of protrusions extending from the bottom surface, each of the first plurality of protrusions having a pinhole; a lower mount component having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface including a second plurality of protrusions extending from the top surface, each of the second plurality of protrusions having a pinhole, wherein the second plurality of protrusions interlock with the first plurality of protrusions such that the pinholes in the first and second plurality of protrusions align for insertion of a pin, the bottom surface including a securing protrusion extending from the bottom surface, the securing protrusion structured for insertion into a reciprocal opening in the sports board, wherein the reciprocal opening in the sports board comprises a reciprocal opening in an embedded plug fixedly embedded in a cavity in a top surface of the sports board, the securing protrusion including a hole structured to receive a securing device; the pin inserted into the aligned first set of pinholes and second set of pinholes, coupling the upper mount component to the lower mount component; and the embedded plug having a body structured to fixedly embed in a reciprocal cavity in the top surface of the sports board and a hole substantially aligned with the hole of the securing protrusion when the securing protrusion is inserted into the reciprocal opening, wherein the securing device inserts through the aligned holes of the securing protrusion and the embedded plug to secure the camera mounting system to the sports board.