Patent ID: 7473041

Claim:
A modular pan and tilt system for positioning equipment, comprising: first and second inline rotational platforms, each of said inline platforms comprising: a housing, said housing having a first end, a second end, a cross-section of uniform dimensions extending from said first end toward said second end; a drive motor, said drive motor being mounted within said housing and having an output shaft parallel to a long axis of said housing; a mounting plate, said mounting plate being driven at an axis of rotation by said output shaft and having at least one attachment fixture for securing said mounting plate to either of equipment for positioning and a mounting surface; a clamping block, said block having a first pair of parallel mounting holes, a second pair of parallel mounting holes disposed orthogonally to said first pair, said mounting holes being sized and shaped to fit slidably about said housing and a securing fixture, said fixture securing said housings in any two of said orthogonally disposed mounting holes; whereby, when said two inline rotational platforms are secured in two orthogonally disposed mounting holes of said clamping block, a mounting plate of a first one of said platforms is secured to a mounting surface and a mounting plate of a second one of said platforms is secured to said equipment for positioning, said equipment will pan and tilt according to input to said two inline rotational platforms.