Monitoring apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016112609-A1
Application number	US-201514854049-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 20, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus includes a main body, a mounting plate, and a fixing plate. The mounting plate is connected to the main body and has a first bending rib structure protrusively formed thereon. The fixing plate is fixed to a mounting target and is disposed opposite to the mounting plate. The fixing plate has a first opening structure formed thereon corresponding to the first bending rib structure and a second bending rib structure laterally extending from the first opening structure. When the mounting plate is connected to the fixing plate to make the first bending rib structure pass through the first opening structure, the first bending rib structure rotates with rotation of the mounting plate relative to the fixing plate to be engaged with the second bending rib structure, so as to fix the mounting plate to the fixing plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A monitoring apparatus comprising:
a main body; a mounting plate connected to the main body, a first bending rib structure protruding from the mounting plate; and a fixing plate fixed to a mounting target and disposed opposite to the mounting plate, the fixing plate having a first opening structure corresponding to the first bending rib structure and a second bending rib structure laterally extending from the first opening structure, the first bending rib structure rotating with rotation of the mounting plate relative to the fixing plate to be engaged with the second bending rib structure when the mounting plate is connected to the fixing plate to make the first bending rib structure pass through the first opening structure, so as to fix the mounting plate to the fixing plate.

2 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first guiding ring structure protrudes from the mounting plate, a second guiding ring structure protrudes from the fixing plate, and a size of the second guiding ring structure is greater than a size of the first guiding ring structure so as to make the second guiding ring structure sleeve the first guiding ring structure for guiding the mounting plate to rotate on the fixing plate when the mounting plate is connected to the fixing plate.

3 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first bending rib structure is formed on the first guiding ring structure, and the first opening structure and the second bending rib structure are formed on the second guiding ring structure.

4 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the second guiding ring structure has a sliding slot, an inclined-surface structure, and a fixing slot extending from a side of the second bending rib structure, the inclined-surface structure is located between the sliding slot and the fixing slot, an elastic arm protrudes from the mounting plate corresponding to the sliding slot, the elastic arm is movably inserted into the sliding slot for crossing the inclined-surface structure along the sliding slot to be engaged with the fixing slot with rotation of the mounting plate relative to the fixing plate.

5 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one protruding pillar is formed on one of the mounting plate and the fixing plate, a guiding slot, a protruding portion and a positioning slot are formed on the other one of the mounting plate and the fixing plate corresponding to the at least one protruding pillar, the guiding slot is communicated with the positioning slot, the protruding portion is located between the guiding slot and the positioning slot, and the at least one protruding pillar is movably inserted into the guiding slot for crossing the protruding portion along the guiding slot to be engaged with the positioning slot with rotation of the mounting plate relative to the fixing plate.

6 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a strip-shaped slot is formed on at least one side of the guiding slot.

7 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fixing plate further has a second opening structure formed thereon and a containing slot laterally extending from the second opening structure, the monitoring apparatus further comprises an adapting plate, the adapting plate is fixed to the mounting target and has a protruding portion, and the protruding portion is used for rotating to abut against the containing slot after passing through the second opening structure with rotation of the adapting plate relative to the fixing plate, so as to connect the fixing plate to the adapting plate.

8 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a first guiding ring structure protrudes from the fixing plate, a second guiding ring structure protrudes from the adapting plate, and a size of the second guiding ring structure is less than a size of the first guiding ring structure so as to make the first guiding ring structure sleeve the second guiding ring structure for guiding the fixing plate to rotate relative to the adapting plate when the fixing plate is connected to the adapting plate.

9 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first guiding ring structure has a third opening structure formed thereon, and the second opening structure and the containing slot are formed on the third opening structure.

10 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mounting plate has at least one hook rope, the fixing plate has a hole sheet corresponding to the at least one hook rope, and the at least one hook rope is engaged with the hole sheet to make the mounting plate connected to the fixing plate via the at least one hook rope.

11 . The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first bending rib structure comprises at least two bending ribs alternately formed on the mounting plate, the first opening structure comprises at least two openings respectively corresponding to the at least two bending ribs, and sizes of the at least two bending ribs are different from each other and conform to sizes of the at least two openings respectively, so as to make each bending rib only pass through the corresponding opening.

Assignees

• Vivotek Inc

Inventors

• Hsu Hsiang-Lin
• Chang Yuan-Han

Classifications

• G03B17/02 Primary

  Bodies · CPC title

• H04N23/51 Primary

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N5/2253 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G08B13/196

  using television cameras · CPC title

• G03B17/561

  Support related camera accessories · CPC title