Systems and methods for adjustable mounting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11178939-B2
Application number	US-201916265993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2019
Priority date	Feb 1, 2019
Publication date	Nov 23, 2021
Grant date	Nov 23, 2021

Abstract

A mount secures an object to sheets of material with one or more material thicknesses. The mount includes an inner plate and an outer plate. The outer plate includes a coupler for the object and one or more contact surfaces associated with one or more material thicknesses. The inner plate includes a retention structure to engage a contact surface of the outer plate. A mounting system includes a mount and a coupler integrated with the object to be secured to a sheet of material. The object may be a camera and the mount may be a camera mount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mount for multiple material thicknesses, comprising:
an outer plate including:
a coupler configured to physically connect the outer plate to an object;
a first contact surface; and
a second contact surface; and

an inner plate including a first retention structure, a second retention structure, a channel, and a base having a support surface between the first retention structure and the second retention structure, wherein the channel is provided along the inner plate between the first retention structure and the second retention structure, and wherein the channel is tapered in a direction parallel to the support surface of the base between the first retention structure and the second retention structure, and wherein the first retention structure is configured to separately engage:
the first contact surface in a first orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate; and
the second contact surface in a second orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate, and wherein a length of the first contact surface along the outer plate is greater than a length of the second contact surface along the outer plate.

2. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the outer plate includes:
a third contact surface; and
a fourth contact surface; and
the inner plate includes the second retention structure, wherein the second retention structure is configured to separately engage:
the third contact surface in the first orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate; and
the fourth contact surface in the second orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate.

3. The mount of claim 2 , wherein the first contact surface is adjacent the fourth contact surface and the second contact surface is adjacent the third contact surface.

4. The mount of claim 2 , wherein the outer plate further includes:
a first flange, the first flange including the first contact surface and the fourth contact surface; and
a second flange, the second flange including the second contact surface and the third contact surface.

5. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the first contact surface and the second contact surface are configured to separately engage the first retention structure within the channel between the first retention structure and the second retention structure.

6. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the channel has a dovetail shape along at least one dimension of the channel.

7. The mount of claim 6 , wherein the channel has the dovetail shape along two dimensions of the channel.

8. The mount of claim 7 , wherein the two dimensions of the channel are a height perpendicular to the support surface and a length parallel to the support surface.

9. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the outer plate includes a locking element moveable in a first direction between an unlocked position and a locked position, the first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which the first contact surface and the second contact surface are configured to separately engage the first retention structure.

10. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the outer plate includes a first locking element configured to lock the outer plate to the inner plate in each of the first orientation and the second orientation.

11. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the inner plate includes a locking surface configured to lock the outer plate to the inner plate in each of the first orientation and the second orientation.

12. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the first retention structure includes a retention surface configured to separately engage either the first contact surface or the second contact surface, the retention surface angled at an acute angle toward a surface of the inner plate.

13. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the object is a camera and the mount is a camera mount.

14. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the outer plate is configured to be rotated one-hundred eighty degrees about an axis between the first orientation and the second orientation.

15. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the base rigidly interconnects the first retention structure and the second retention structure, and wherein the channel is provided along the support surface of the base of the inner plate between the first retention structure and the second retention structure.

16. The mount of claim 1 , wherein a narrower end of the channel along the support surface is open.

17. A mounting system for multiple material thicknesses, comprising:
an outer plate including:
a first coupler configured to physically connect the outer plate to an object;
a first contact surface; and
a second contact surface;

an inner plate including a first retention structure, wherein the first retention structure is configured to separately engage either:
the first contact surface in a first orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate; or
the second contact surface in a second orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate; and

a second coupler integrated with the object, the second coupler configured to connect to the first coupler to secure the object to the outer plate, wherein:
the outer plate further comprises a locking element configured rotate about a first axis of rotation to selectively engage the inner plate; and
the first coupler releasably connects to the second coupler via rotation of the second coupler about a second axis of rotation, the first axis of rotation perpendicular to the second axis of rotation.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the locking element is configured to selectively engage the inner plate in a first direction; and
the object includes at least one surface adjacent the second coupler, the at least one surface configured to prevent movement of the locking element opposite the first direction when the second coupler is connected to the first coupler.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the inner plate includes a channel with a dovetail shape, the channel positioned along a surface of the inner plate.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first retention structure is configured to separately engage:
the first contact surface in the first orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate; and
the second contact surface in the second orientation of the outer plate relative to the inner plate.

Assignees

• Axon Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Grinnell Edward

Classifications

• A45F5/1533

  Holders or carriers for cameras · CPC title

• A44B17/0047 Primary

  Press-button fasteners consisting of three parts (A44B17/0029 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A44B17/0076

  Socket member · CPC title

• F16M11/041 Primary

  Allowing quick release of the apparatus · CPC title

• A45F5/02

  Fastening articles to the garment · CPC title