Hollow Sleeve Camera Mount for Firearm Scope Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current camera mounting solutions for firearms obstruct the shooter's view, preventing accurate firing and requiring additional support for capturing hunts, as they necessitate a stand or second person to operate the camera.
Innovation Solution
A camera mount apparatus comprising an elongated hollow sleeve connected to the firearm's scope with a cylindrical aperture and a base member for securing cameras, allowing unobstructed viewing and alignment of the camera lens with the scope's axis, enabling secure attachment and operation without impeding the shooter's view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a camera is mounted on a firearm using conventional mounting solutions, then the camera can be secured to capture images and videos, but the shooter's view is obstructed, preventing accurate firing
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is nested within the hollow cylindrical body of the mount apparatus, which is itself attached to the firearm scope. This nesting arrangement allows the camera to be securely positioned without protruding elements that would obstruct the shooter's view through the scope.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from conventional surface-mounted camera attachments to a three-dimensional integration where the camera is positioned within the hollow cylindrical structure, utilizing internal space rather than external mounting surfaces.
2Reliability
If a stand or additional person is used to operate the camera, then the camera can capture the hunt, but the ability to view the hunt from the scope is prohibited
Solution Approach 1:
The mount apparatus integrates multiple functions into a single device: it secures the camera to the firearm, positions the camera lens to align with the scope's axis, and enables the shooter to control the camera operation while maintaining scope viewing capability.
3Measurement precision
If the camera lens is aligned with the scope's axis, then the camera can capture images through the scope, but the mounting structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow cylindrical body provides a localized precision-machined environment for lens alignment, while the rest of the mounting structure remains simple and adaptable. The cylindrical aperture and internal positioning features ensure precise alignment only where needed, without complicating the overall mounting system.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to an apparatus for mounting a camera onto a firearm and an associated device for capturing images and recordings of a firearm target. The apparatus allows for easy attachment of cameras of varying sizes onto the scope of a firearm and along the same longitudinal axis of the scope. The apparatus comprises a sleeve connected to a scope of a firearm, the sleeve being hallow and having a longitudinal axis longitudinal axis forming an unobstructed axial bore and generally coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the scope; a base member with a hole and adapted to receive a camera with the hole of the base member positioned adjacent to the lens of the camera and the longitudinal axis of the camera lens is generally coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the scope.