US 11,852,801 B2
Bracket for binoculars
Andreas Ruehl, Wetzlar (DE)
Assigned to Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar (DE)
Filed by Leica Camera Aktiengesellschaft, Wetzlar (DE)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,140.
Claims priority of application No. 102020124202.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082812 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 23/18 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 23/18 (2013.01) [F16M 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 2200/024 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket configured to hold a barrel of binoculars or monocular telescopes, said bracket comprising:
a partially cylinder-shaped receptacle comprising a partially cylinder-shaped wall having a partially cylinder-shaped wall diameter with an opening that extends laterally in parallel to a longitudinal axis of the partially cylinder-shaped wall between a first rim and a second rim of the partially cylinder-shaped wall, wherein the width of the opening is smaller than the partially cylinder-shaped wall diameter so that the barrel of binoculars inserted into and held in the bracket may not be pushed out in a direction extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis; wherein
the first rim of the cylinder wall comprises a stop collar configured to engage the barrel of the binoculars and extending in a radially inward direction so that an innermost diameter of the stop collar is smaller than the partially cylinder-shaped wall diameter; and
an aperture is formed between the first rim and the second rim that is configured to receive a protrusion formed on an outer side of the barrel to be held by swiveling the protrusion into the aperture for positively interlocking therewith.