Patent ID: 7933080

Claim:
A mount mechanism for aligning and securing an optical instrument to a platform, said mechanism comprising: a housing for receiving the optical instrument along a longitudinal axis, said housing including an attach support for the optical instrument, and an interface having a plurality of vertically-facing cylindrical-fastener orifices; a trunnion for supporting said housing at said interface, said trunnion having a plurality of vertical slots and a plurality of horizontal slots, wherein each vertical slot of said plurality of vertical slots overlaps a corresponding vertical orifice of said plurality of vertically-facing cylindrical-fastener orifices, said vertical slots provide elevation displacement to vertically translate and pitch said housing, said horizontal slots provide lateral displacement to horizontally translate and yaw said housing; and a base-plate for supporting said trunnion, said base-plate being mountable onto the platform, said base-plate having a plurality of horizontally-facing cylindrical-fastener orifices, wherein each horizontal slot of said plurality of horizontal slots on said trunnion overlaps a corresponding horizontal orifice of said plurality of horizontally-facing cylindrical-fastener orifices on said base-plate, and each orifice of said pluralities of vertically- and horizontally-facing orifices receives a cylindrical-fastener that passes through a counterpart slot of said pluralities of vertical and horizontal slots.