US 7,604,420 B2
Gun and bow camera mount
Jeffrey R. Moody, Powell, Tenn. (US); Kevin L. Moody, Powell, Tenn. (US); and James R. Dodson, Madisonville, Tenn. (US)
Assigned to Deer Ridge Innovations, Inc., Powell, Tenn. (US)
Filed on May 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/416,531.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/595774, filed on Aug. 04, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0031142 A1, Feb. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. G03B 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 396—419  [396/426] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mount for releasably securing a camera defining a shooting vector to a hunting weapon defining a direction of fire for recording hunting events and kills, said mount comprising:
a camera support having a camera mount adapted to be releasably secured to a camera; and
a connector carried by said camera support for releasably securing said camera support to a hunting weapon, said connector comprising:
a mounting plate defining a first opening adapted to receive a shotgun magazine and a second opening adapted to receive a hunting bow stabilizer, said mounting plate being substantially planar;
a stock plate fixed to and extending substantially orthogonally to said mounting plate, said stock plate being contoured to substantially register to a stock of a hunting weapon; and
a fastener adapted to secure said stock plate to a stock of a hunting weapon.