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- the present invention relates to a camera carrying device and, in particular, to a device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person.
- Camera carrying devices are well known, the simplest being a strap, secured to a camera, which allows a person to carry the camera around their neck or shoulder.
- the strap allows the camera to swing freely about the person. The camera may therefore become damaged upon impact with the person or another object.
- the strap may also become entangled with the camera, the person, or another object and consequently interfere with the person's ability to take a picture.
- Numero body-mounted camera cases have been developed. Carrying a camera disposed within a body-mounted camera case removes the need to have a strap secured to the camera.
- conventional body-mounted camera cases are also limiting. The time required to remove the camera from within the case may prevent a person from taking a desired photograph, particularly, in situations where the scene is fluid. There is accordingly a need for an improved camera carrying device.
- United States Patent Application Publication Number 2009/0196596 to Chamberlayne which was published on Aug. 6, 2009 discloses a device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person.
- the device comprises a female connector having a U-shaped slot which is defined by a curved pocket and a pair of opposed channels that extend from the pocket.
- the U-shaped slot receives a male connector which includes a circular plate that is freely rotatable within the U-shaped slot and an elongate threaded member for engaging a female tripod receiver of the camera extends concentrically of the circular plate.
- a strap assembly secures the female connector to a person, thereby allowing the camera to be rotatably mounted on the person.
- United States Patent Application Publication Number 2010/0054724 also to Chamberlayne which was published on Mar. 4, 2010 discloses a similar device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person and is further provided with a locking mechanism.
- the U-shaped slot of the female connector includes a bulb shaped opening disposed between the pair of opposed channels that extend from the curved pocket.
- the bulb shaped opening is defined by a circular portion and an elongate portion that extends from the circular portion.
- the male connector includes a truncated cylindrical body disposed between a pair of circular plates.
- the truncated cylindrical body includes a pair of opposite flat surfaces.
- a first one of the plates is freely rotatable within the U-shaped slot and an elongate threaded member for engaging a female tripod receiver of the camera extends concentrically of a second one of the plates.
- the male connector is only releasable from the female connector when the flat edges of the truncated cylindrical body of the male connector are aligned with the elongate portion of the bulb shaped opening in the U-shaped slot of the female connector. This prevents the male connector from being accidentally decoupled from the female connector.
- the device comprises a female connector and a male connector.
- the female connector has a U-shaped slot defined by a pocket and a pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket.
- the male connector has a wedge shaped base, a plate spaced-apart form the base, and an opening extending through the wedge shaped base and the plate.
- the plate is slidably received by the U-shaped slot of the female connector and rotatable through 360 degrees within the pocket of the female connector.
- a threaded member extends through the opening in the male connector. The threaded member is for engaging a threaded tripod receiver of the camera.
- a strap assembly is connected to the female connector. The strap assembly is for mounting the device to the person.
- the plate of the male connector has a first rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is secured to the female connector, and a second rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is releasable from the female connector.
- the female connector may be defined by a plate and a U-shaped protrusion with the U-shaped protrusion being integral with and protruding from the plate.
- the female connector may further include a bulb shaped opening in the U-shaped protrusion. The bulb shaped opening is disposed between the pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket.
- the female connector may also be disposed with a vest or holster which form part of the strap assembly.
- the male connector may further include a central body disposed between the wedge shaped based.
- the central body of the male connector being a truncated cylindrical body with a straight edge so that the plate of the male connector can only be received or released from the U-shaped slot of the female connector when the straight edge of the truncated cylindrical body of the male connector is aligned with one of the opposed channels of the female connector.
- the plate of the male connector may be circular and disposed concentrically adjacent a sloped surface of the wedge shaped base.
- the wedge shaped base has a slope of between 5° and 25° and preferably a slope of 15°. This slope of the wedge shaped based prevents free cantilevering of the camera. This also reduces stress on both the device and the camera.
- FIG. 1 is a front, side perspective view showing a device for rotatably mounting one or more cameras on a person;
- FIG. 2 is a front, side perspective view showing a female connector of the device of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the female connector of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is an elevation view taken down line A-A of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a side perspective view showing a male connector of the device of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is a side elevation view showing a male connector of the device of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 7 is an exploded, perspective view showing the showing the male connector of FIG. 5 , a threaded member and a washer;
- FIG. 8 is an assembled, perspective view of the connector of FIG. 7 ;
- FIG. 9 is front perspective view showing the male connector of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 10 is a side elevation view showing the male connector of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 11 is an exploded view showing the female connector of FIG. 2 and the male connector of the FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 12 is an exploded view showing the female connector of FIG. 2 and the male connector of the FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the female connector of FIG. 2 and the male connector of the FIG. 5 in a releasable position;
- FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the female connector of FIG. 2 and the male connector of the FIG. 5 in a locked position;
- FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the male connector of FIG. 5 engaged with a threaded female tripod receiver of a camera;
- FIG. 16 is a side perspective view showing a camera rotatably mounted in a first position on a person.
- FIG. 17 is a side perspective view showing a camera rotatably mounted in a second position on a person.
- FIG. 1 shows a device 10 for rotatably mounting one or more cameras on a person.
- the device 10 includes a pair of female connectors 12 and 14 .
- the female connectors 12 and 14 are disposed on a strap assembly which includes a vest 16 and a holster 18 .
- a first one of the connectors 12 is disposed on the vest 16 .
- a second one of the connectors is disposed the holster 18 .
- the holster 18 is coupled to the vest 16 and both the holster and the vest are formed from 1680 denier polypropylene material although other materials may be used.
- the female connectors 12 and 14 have a substantially similar structure with similar parts performing similar functions. Accordingly, only the first female connector 12 is described in detail herein.
- the first female connector 12 which is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 2 to 4 , includes a plate 20 and a hollow U-shaped protrusion 22 .
- the female connector is formed from a polycarbonate resin thermoplastic, namely, Lexan® although other materials may be used.
- the U-shaped protrusion 22 is integrally formed with and protrudes from the plate 20 .
- the plate 20 is generally rectangular and has apertures 24 , 26 , 28 and 30 near each corner thereof. The apertures 24 , 26 , 28 and 30 provide means to connect the female connector 12 to the vest 16 which is shown in FIG. 1 . As best shown in FIG.
- the plate 20 and the U-shaped protrusion 22 define a generally curved pocket 32 and a pair of opposed channels 34 and 36 which extend from the pocket 32 .
- the pocket 32 and the channels 34 and 36 define a substantially U-shaped receptacle, or slot 38 , which may slidably receive a plate through an opening 40 disposed between the channels 34 and 46 .
- An opening 48 which separates the channels 34 and 36 extends from the lip 42 .
- the opening 48 is bulb shaped defined by an elongate portion 50 and circular portion 52 .
- the male connector 60 is formed from anodized aluminum although other materials may be used.
- the male connector 60 generally includes a base 62 and a plate 64 which is spaced-apart from the base 62 by a central body 66 . There is an aperture 68 with a shoulder 69 extending though the male connector 60 .
- the base 62 is a substantially wedge shaped member having a circular periphery and a preferred slope of 15° although the periphery and slope may vary in other examples, i.e. the slope may be between 5° and 25°.
- the body 66 has a smaller extent than both the base 62 and a plate 64 .
- This structure defines a substantially annular recess 70 between the base 62 and a plate 64 .
- the central body 66 is a truncated cylinder having a pair of opposite flat edges 74 and 76 that extend generally perpendicular to the slope of the base 62 .
- Chamfers 73 and 75 extend between the flat edges 74 and 76 and rounded edges of the body 66 .
- the plate 64 is disposed on a sloped surface 63 of the base 62 .
- the opening 68 receives a threaded member in the form of a bolt 72 as best shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 .
- the shoulder 69 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 , prevents the bolt from passing through the opening.
- a washer 78 is also shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 .
- the washer 78 limits friction between components as will be discussed below.
- the bolt 72 is a stainless steel marine grade bolt and the washer 78 is a high-density rubber washer.
- the threaded member 72 extends outwardly from the male connector 60 and is designed to engage a threaded female tripod receiver 80 of a camera 82 as shown in FIG. 15 .
- the washer 78 is disposed between the male connector 60 and the camera 82 to reduce friction between these components.
- the male connector 60 is positioned sloping downwards to the camera lens. It is possible to position the male connector 60 in a desired position because the male connector does not rotated as the bolt 72 is threaded into the female tripod receiver 80 of a camera 82 .
- FIGS. 11 to 14 the U-shaped slot 38 of the female connector 12 and the annular recess 70 of the male connector 60 allows the male connector 60 to be rotatably received by the female connector 18 .
- FIGS. 11 and 12 in particular show that the plate 64 of the male connector 60 is slidably received by the U-shaped slot 38 of the female connector 12 .
- the plate 64 is received though the opening 40 between the channels 34 and 36 as indicated by broken lines 100 and 102 .
- the male connector 60 is only received by the female connector 12 in a particular orientation.
- the flat edges 74 and 76 of the truncated cylindrical body 66 of the male connector 60 must be aligned with the elongate portion 50 of the opening 48 in the U-shaped protrusion 22 of the female connector 12 , i.e. with channels 34 and 36 . Otherwise the extent of the truncated cylindrical body 66 of the male connector 60 will be too wide to pass through the elongate portion 50 of the opening 48 in the U-shaped protrusion 22 of the female connector 12 .
- the cylindrical body 66 of the male connector 60 contacts the lip 42 of the pocket 32 , which is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 , of the female connector 12 .
- the annular recess 70 of the male connector 60 engages the lip 42 of the pocket 32 of the female connector 12 .
- the base 62 and the plate 64 of the male connector 40 are on opposite sides of the U-shaped slot 40 of the female connector 12 .
- the male connector 60 may be rotated as indicated by either arrow 104 or 106 .
- the flat edges 74 and 76 of the truncated cylindrical body 66 of the male connector 60 are thereby brought out of alignment with the elongate portion 50 of the opening 48 in the U-shaped protrusion 22 of the female connector 12 .
- the male connector 60 is rotated as indicated by either arrow 104 or 106 to bring the flat edges 74 and 76 of the truncated cylindrical body 66 of the male connector 60 back into alignment with the elongate portion 50 of the opening 48 in the U-shaped protrusion 22 of the female connector 12 . This is shown in FIG. 13 . In this position the male connector 60 can be released from the female connector 12 .
- the bolt 72 engages the threaded female tripod receiver 80 of the camera 82 and secures the male connector 60 to the camera 82 as shown in FIG. 14 .
- the male connector 48 can then be coupled, as described above, to the female connector 12 which is mounted on a person 84 by the vest 16 as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 .
- the camera 82 can be rapidly and easily removed from the device 10 because the male connector 60 is simply slidably received by the female connector 12 .
- the carried camera 82 can be rotated between a first position shown in FIG. 16 and a second position shown in FIG. 17 .
- the slope of the male connector 60 cause the lens 86 of full body cameras and gripped cameras to contact the person 84 . This prevents free cantilevering of the camera 82 . This also reduces stress on both the device 10 and the camera 82 . In the position shown in FIG. 17 , the person 84 is able to easily remove and changes lens.
- the male connector is secured to the camera and the female connector is mounted on the person's chest that in other examples a male connector may be secured to the camera and a female connector may be mounted on the person.
- any suitable means to rotatably mount the camera may be used.
- the base and plate of the male connector may be rotatably connected to each other allowing for a squared plate to be received by the female connector while still allowing for rotation of the mounted camera.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a camera carrying device and, in particular, to a device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Camera carrying devices are well known, the simplest being a strap, secured to a camera, which allows a person to carry the camera around their neck or shoulder. However, the strap allows the camera to swing freely about the person. The camera may therefore become damaged upon impact with the person or another object. The strap may also become entangled with the camera, the person, or another object and consequently interfere with the person's ability to take a picture. To overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings numerous body-mounted camera cases have been developed. Carrying a camera disposed within a body-mounted camera case removes the need to have a strap secured to the camera. However, conventional body-mounted camera cases are also limiting. The time required to remove the camera from within the case may prevent a person from taking a desired photograph, particularly, in situations where the scene is fluid. There is accordingly a need for an improved camera carrying device.
- United States Patent Application Publication Number 2009/0196596 to Chamberlayne which was published on Aug. 6, 2009 discloses a device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person. The device comprises a female connector having a U-shaped slot which is defined by a curved pocket and a pair of opposed channels that extend from the pocket. The U-shaped slot receives a male connector which includes a circular plate that is freely rotatable within the U-shaped slot and an elongate threaded member for engaging a female tripod receiver of the camera extends concentrically of the circular plate. A strap assembly secures the female connector to a person, thereby allowing the camera to be rotatably mounted on the person.
- United States Patent Application Publication Number 2010/0054724 also to Chamberlayne which was published on Mar. 4, 2010 discloses a similar device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person and is further provided with a locking mechanism. The U-shaped slot of the female connector includes a bulb shaped opening disposed between the pair of opposed channels that extend from the curved pocket. The bulb shaped opening is defined by a circular portion and an elongate portion that extends from the circular portion. The male connector includes a truncated cylindrical body disposed between a pair of circular plates. The truncated cylindrical body includes a pair of opposite flat surfaces. A first one of the plates is freely rotatable within the U-shaped slot and an elongate threaded member for engaging a female tripod receiver of the camera extends concentrically of a second one of the plates. The male connector is only releasable from the female connector when the flat edges of the truncated cylindrical body of the male connector are aligned with the elongate portion of the bulb shaped opening in the U-shaped slot of the female connector. This prevents the male connector from being accidentally decoupled from the female connector.
- Both of the above mentioned references are incorporated herein by reference.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved male connector for a camera carrying device used to rotatably mount a camera on a person.
- There is accordingly provided a device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person. The device comprises a female connector and a male connector. The female connector has a U-shaped slot defined by a pocket and a pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket. The male connector has a wedge shaped base, a plate spaced-apart form the base, and an opening extending through the wedge shaped base and the plate. The plate is slidably received by the U-shaped slot of the female connector and rotatable through 360 degrees within the pocket of the female connector. A threaded member extends through the opening in the male connector. The threaded member is for engaging a threaded tripod receiver of the camera. A strap assembly is connected to the female connector. The strap assembly is for mounting the device to the person. The plate of the male connector has a first rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is secured to the female connector, and a second rotatable position within the pocket of the female connector in which the male connector is releasable from the female connector.
- The female connector may be defined by a plate and a U-shaped protrusion with the U-shaped protrusion being integral with and protruding from the plate. The female connector may further include a bulb shaped opening in the U-shaped protrusion. The bulb shaped opening is disposed between the pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket. The female connector may also be disposed with a vest or holster which form part of the strap assembly.
- The male connector may further include a central body disposed between the wedge shaped based. Preferably the central body of the male connector being a truncated cylindrical body with a straight edge so that the plate of the male connector can only be received or released from the U-shaped slot of the female connector when the straight edge of the truncated cylindrical body of the male connector is aligned with one of the opposed channels of the female connector. The plate of the male connector may be circular and disposed concentrically adjacent a sloped surface of the wedge shaped base. The wedge shaped base has a slope of between 5° and 25° and preferably a slope of 15°. This slope of the wedge shaped based prevents free cantilevering of the camera. This also reduces stress on both the device and the camera.
- The invention will be more readily understood from the following description of the embodiments thereof given, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a front, side perspective view showing a device for rotatably mounting one or more cameras on a person; -
FIG. 2 is a front, side perspective view showing a female connector of the device ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the female connector ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is an elevation view taken down line A-A ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a side perspective view showing a male connector of the device ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is a side elevation view showing a male connector of the device ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 7 is an exploded, perspective view showing the showing the male connector ofFIG. 5 , a threaded member and a washer; -
FIG. 8 is an assembled, perspective view of the connector ofFIG. 7 ; -
FIG. 9 is front perspective view showing the male connector ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 10 is a side elevation view showing the male connector ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 11 is an exploded view showing the female connector ofFIG. 2 and the male connector of theFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 12 is an exploded view showing the female connector ofFIG. 2 and the male connector of theFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the female connector ofFIG. 2 and the male connector of theFIG. 5 in a releasable position; -
FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the female connector ofFIG. 2 and the male connector of theFIG. 5 in a locked position; -
FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the male connector ofFIG. 5 engaged with a threaded female tripod receiver of a camera; -
FIG. 16 is a side perspective view showing a camera rotatably mounted in a first position on a person; and -
FIG. 17 is a side perspective view showing a camera rotatably mounted in a second position on a person. - Referring to the drawings and first to
FIG. 1 , this shows adevice 10 for rotatably mounting one or more cameras on a person. Thedevice 10 includes a pair offemale connectors female connectors vest 16 and aholster 18. A first one of theconnectors 12 is disposed on thevest 16. A second one of the connectors is disposed theholster 18. In this example, theholster 18 is coupled to thevest 16 and both the holster and the vest are formed from 1680 denier polypropylene material although other materials may be used. Thefemale connectors female connector 12 is described in detail herein. - The first
female connector 12, which is shown in greater detail inFIGS. 2 to 4 , includes aplate 20 and a hollowU-shaped protrusion 22. In this example, the female connector is formed from a polycarbonate resin thermoplastic, namely, Lexan® although other materials may be used. TheU-shaped protrusion 22 is integrally formed with and protrudes from theplate 20. Theplate 20 is generally rectangular and hasapertures apertures female connector 12 to thevest 16 which is shown inFIG. 1 . As best shown inFIG. 2 , theplate 20 and theU-shaped protrusion 22 define a generallycurved pocket 32 and a pair ofopposed channels pocket 32. Thepocket 32 and thechannels slot 38, which may slidably receive a plate through anopening 40 disposed between thechannels 34 and 46. There is alip 42 at amouth 44 of thepocket 32. Anopening 48 which separates thechannels lip 42. As best shown inFIG. 3 , theopening 48 is bulb shaped defined by anelongate portion 50 andcircular portion 52. - Referring now to
FIGS. 5 and 6 , amale connector 60 is shown. In this example, themale connector 60 is formed from anodized aluminum although other materials may be used. Themale connector 60 generally includes abase 62 and aplate 64 which is spaced-apart from the base 62 by acentral body 66. There is anaperture 68 with ashoulder 69 extending though themale connector 60. Thebase 62 is a substantially wedge shaped member having a circular periphery and a preferred slope of 15° although the periphery and slope may vary in other examples, i.e. the slope may be between 5° and 25°. Thebody 66 has a smaller extent than both thebase 62 and aplate 64. This structure defines a substantiallyannular recess 70 between the base 62 and aplate 64. Thecentral body 66 is a truncated cylinder having a pair of oppositeflat edges base 62. Chamfers 73 and 75 extend between theflat edges body 66. Theplate 64 is disposed on asloped surface 63 of thebase 62. - The
opening 68 receives a threaded member in the form of abolt 72 as best shown inFIGS. 7 to 10 . Theshoulder 69, shown inFIGS. 5 and 6 , prevents the bolt from passing through the opening. Awasher 78 is also shown inFIGS. 7 to 10 . Thewasher 78 limits friction between components as will be discussed below. In this example, thebolt 72 is a stainless steel marine grade bolt and thewasher 78 is a high-density rubber washer. The threadedmember 72 extends outwardly from themale connector 60 and is designed to engage a threadedfemale tripod receiver 80 of acamera 82 as shown inFIG. 15 . Thewasher 78 is disposed between themale connector 60 and thecamera 82 to reduce friction between these components. Preferably themale connector 60 is positioned sloping downwards to the camera lens. It is possible to position themale connector 60 in a desired position because the male connector does not rotated as thebolt 72 is threaded into thefemale tripod receiver 80 of acamera 82. - Referring now to
FIGS. 11 to 14 , theU-shaped slot 38 of thefemale connector 12 and theannular recess 70 of themale connector 60 allows themale connector 60 to be rotatably received by thefemale connector 18.FIGS. 11 and 12 in particular show that theplate 64 of themale connector 60 is slidably received by theU-shaped slot 38 of thefemale connector 12. Theplate 64 is received though theopening 40 between thechannels broken lines male connector 60 is only received by thefemale connector 12 in a particular orientation. The flat edges 74 and 76 of the truncatedcylindrical body 66 of themale connector 60 must be aligned with theelongate portion 50 of theopening 48 in theU-shaped protrusion 22 of thefemale connector 12, i.e. withchannels cylindrical body 66 of themale connector 60 will be too wide to pass through theelongate portion 50 of theopening 48 in theU-shaped protrusion 22 of thefemale connector 12. - As best shown in
FIG. 13 , when theplate 64 of themale connector 60 is received by theU-shaped slot 40 of thefemale connector 12, thecylindrical body 66 of themale connector 60 contacts thelip 42 of thepocket 32, which is shown inFIGS. 11 and 12 , of thefemale connector 12. Theannular recess 70 of themale connector 60 engages thelip 42 of thepocket 32 of thefemale connector 12. Accordingly, thebase 62 and theplate 64 of themale connector 40 are on opposite sides of theU-shaped slot 40 of thefemale connector 12. This prevents accidental decoupling of themale connector 60 and thefemale connector 12, while still allowing themale connector 60 to freely rotate bi-directionally and through 360 degrees relative to thefemale connector 12 as indicated generally byarrows chamfers male connector 60 along the on thelip 42 of thepocket 32. - Once the
male connector 60 has been received by thefemale connector 12, as shown inFIG. 13 , themale connector 60 may be rotated as indicated by eitherarrow cylindrical body 66 of themale connector 60 are thereby brought out of alignment with theelongate portion 50 of theopening 48 in theU-shaped protrusion 22 of thefemale connector 12. This is shown inFIG. 14 . In this position themale connector 60 is locked in place and cannot be released from thefemale connector 12. To release themale connector 60 from thefemale connector 12, themale connector 60 is rotated as indicated by eitherarrow flat edges cylindrical body 66 of themale connector 60 back into alignment with theelongate portion 50 of theopening 48 in theU-shaped protrusion 22 of thefemale connector 12. This is shown inFIG. 13 . In this position themale connector 60 can be released from thefemale connector 12. - In operation, the
bolt 72 engages the threadedfemale tripod receiver 80 of thecamera 82 and secures themale connector 60 to thecamera 82 as shown inFIG. 14 . Themale connector 48 can then be coupled, as described above, to thefemale connector 12 which is mounted on aperson 84 by thevest 16 as shown inFIGS. 16 and 17 . This allows theperson 84 to carry thecamera 82 in a hands-free manner. Thecamera 82 can be rapidly and easily removed from thedevice 10 because themale connector 60 is simply slidably received by thefemale connector 12. Furthermore, because themale connector 60 is rotatably coupled to thefemale connector 12, the carriedcamera 82 can be rotated between a first position shown inFIG. 16 and a second position shown inFIG. 17 . - In the first position of
FIG. 16 the slope of themale connector 60 cause thelens 86 of full body cameras and gripped cameras to contact theperson 84. This prevents free cantilevering of thecamera 82. This also reduces stress on both thedevice 10 and thecamera 82. In the position shown inFIG. 17 , theperson 84 is able to easily remove and changes lens. - It will be understood by a person skilled in the art that although in this example the male connector is secured to the camera and the female connector is mounted on the person's chest that in other examples a male connector may be secured to the camera and a female connector may be mounted on the person. Alternatively, any suitable means to rotatably mount the camera may be used. For example, in another embodiment, the base and plate of the male connector may be rotatably connected to each other allowing for a squared plate to be received by the female connector while still allowing for rotation of the mounted camera.
- It will further be understood by someone skilled in the art that many of the details provided above are by way of example only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention which is to be determined with reference to the following claims.
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