Patent ID: 7128354

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a video camera, the apparatus comprising: (a) a camera mounting bracket comprising a handle mounting shelf with a top end, a bottom end, a front and a rear, the handle mounting shelf having an elongated slot defined completely through the handle mounting shelf and extended adjacent to the top end and adjacent to the bottom end; a camera mounting shelf attached to the front at the bottom end of the handle mounting shelf to mount the video camera and having a front end opposite to the handle mounting shelf; and a camera positioning device mounted on the camera mounting shelf at the front end of the camera mounting shelf; (b) a front handle assembly demountably mounted on the handle mounting shelf and comprising a front handle demountably mounted on the front of the handle mounting shelf, the front handle assembly having a front handle retainer mounted on the rear of the handle mounting shelf and including a first disk and a first threaded shaft attached to the disk, the first threaded shaft extending into the elongated slot and screwing into the front handle; and (c) a rear handle assembly demountably mounted on the handle mounting shelf between the front handle and the camera mounting shelf and comprising a rear handle demountably mounted on the rear of the handle mounting shelf, the rear handle assembly having a rear handle retainer mounted on the front of the handle mounting shelf and including a second disk and a second threaded shaft attached to the second disk of the rear handle retainer, the second threaded shaft extending into the elongated slot in the handle mounting shelf and screwing into the rear handle.