US 11,988,326 B2
Low-profile modular positioning coupler
Mark J. Howell, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Darin Carl Lewandowski, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to FREEDOM SURVEILLANCE, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Freedom Surveillance, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,133.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,863, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069254 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/08 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/022 (2013.01) [F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 11/08 (2013.01); F16M 11/2014 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular coupler coaxially mountable with a mast, the modular coupler comprising:
a first plate;
a second plate;
a column axially extending between the first and second plates;
an arm rotatably attached to the column and generally transversely extending therefrom and beyond a radial extent of the first plate and of the second plate;
a mounting bracket projecting from the arm along a portion of the arm outside the radial extent of the first plate and of the second plate, the mounting bracket being configured to removably mount a first surveillance equipment thereto; and
a motor mounted to the arm outside the radial extent of the first plate and of the second plate, and configured to rotate the arm about the column.