Patent ID: 8602662

Claim:
A camera and accessories clamping mount comprising: an assembly of rotatable interconnectable ball and socket members, each of the ball and socket members comprising: a generally spherical ball portion; a generally spherical socket portion disposed underlying the ball portion; a generally cylindrical waist section disposed between the ball portion and the socket portion; a top connector disposed on an anterior end of the assembly, the top connector comprising: a head portion; a fastener vertically disposed atop the head portion, said fastener being configured to engage a camera; a connection sleeve disposed distending downwards from the head portion; a bottom connector disposed on a posterior end of the assembly; a pair of flanged wings, each of the pair of flanged wings being disposed on opposing sides of the connection sleeve and the head portion; a clamp, releasably attachable to the bottom connector, the clamp comprising: a first clamp member comprising: a first outward surface; a first inward surface; a first handle portion; a first central portion; a first front portion; a discoid attachment member disposed on the outward surface of the front portion proximal to the central portion; a second clamp member, generally enantiomorphic with respect to the first clamp member, the second clamp member comprising: a second outward surface; a second inward surface; a second handle portion; a second central portion; a second front portion; and wherein each ball and socket member is moveably and rotatably interconnectable within the assembly, a socket portion of a particular ball and socket member interconnectable with the ball portion of a posteriorly disposed ball and socket member, the connection sleeve is rotatably interconnectable to the assembly anterior end, the bottom connector releasably fastens to the discoid attachment member, and the clamp releasably fastens to an extant surface, whereby an extant camera, or other accessory, mounted to the fastener is supported and positional through a range of positions by means of the assembly of ball and socket members.