Patent ID: 7100881

Claim:
A mounting assembly comprising a mounting element for attachment to a surface, a cap engaged with the mounting element for angular movement relative thereto, and defining therewith a socket with which a part-spherical portion of a support member co-operates to form a ball and socket arrangement, the support member having an arm extending from said part spherical portion through a slot in said cap and being angularly adjustable therealong, the cap being open ended having a body portion which at its other closed end has a hemispherical internal profile, said open end of the cap being cylindrical and having an annular collar which protrudes radially outwardly from the body portion of the cap, the slot being radial and open-ended, extending inwardly through the annular collar from said open end of cap, such that the collar is an incomplete annulus, to terminate beyond an uppermost centre point of said closed end of the body portion, and coupling means being engagable with said mounting element in a first state so as to retain the cap in its selected angular orientation relative to the mounting element, and to retain the arm in its selected angular orientation in said slot, and wherein in a released, second state of the coupling means, the cap can be adjustably moved angularly relative to the mounting element, the arm can be moved adjustably along said slot, and the support member can be moved rotationally relative to the cap and mounting element, thereby to adjust the orientation of a mounted object.