Patent ID: 7448812

Claim:
A camera mount, suited to carry a camera from an external object, comprising: a base plate having first and second opposite faces, defining at least three attachment locations suited to receive suction cups, wherein said attachment locations are substantially coplanar with one another, separated from one another, and define a planar bounded area; a plurality of at least three suction cups arranged such that a different one of said at least three suction cups is positioned on a face of said base plate at each of said attachment locations such that the at least three suction cups are mounted to the base plate in alignment on parallel axes; means for fastening said base plate to the suction cups, such that the base plate carries the three suction cups respectively at the at least three attachment locations; and a base camera-mounting stud extending from said second face of the base plate within said bounded area for receiving a camera; whereby the suction cups mount the base plate to an external object for carrying a camera by an attachment point within the bounded area.