Patent ID: 7545436

Claim:
A camera support structure for a video presenter comprising: a camera housing having a camera contained therein and including a bracket extending laterally from the camera housing, a proximal end face of the bracket including a plurality of ball engaging portions formed at selected locations; a support arm including an upper end, and a lower end coupled to a base of the video presenter; a rotation guide member disposed at the upper end of the support arm and configured to guide rotation of the bracket of the camera housing in a rotational axis for adjusting orientation of the camera in the camera housing; at least one ball disposed at the rotation guide member, the at least one ball elastically biasing toward the bracket such that the ball can engage with desired ones of the plurality of ball engaging portions of the bracket upon rotation of the bracket of the camera housing in order to stop the camera housing in a selected orientation; and a rotation restriction element coupled with a proximal end face of the bracket or with an annular plate member attached to the proximal end face of the bracket for restricting rotation of the bracket unless exerting force beyond a certain level, the rotation restriction element including a stepped portion protruding from the rotation restriction element, the stepped portion configured to stop against a protruded stopper formed at the rotation guide member for restricting rotation of the bracket and the camera housing with the stepped portion.