Camera housing for a square-profile camera

摘要

A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.

主权项

1. A housing for a camera comprising:
a housing body, the housing body comprising at least a top wall, a left wall, a right wall, and a bottom wall each substantially square in shape, the housing body comprising rounded corners and having a substantially square cross section, the housing body configured to secure a camera with a substantially square cross section, wherein the housing body comprises an interface configured to align with a button of the camera, the interface located in a center of the top wall, the housing body having an inside perimeter; a latching mechanism configured to cause two walls of the housing body to flexibly deflect, thereby allowing for the insertion or removal of the camera into or from the housing body when the latching mechanism is configured in an open position, and configured to cause the two walls of the housing body to abut, thereby securing the camera within the housing when the latching mechanism is configured in a closed position, wherein the inside perimeter of the housing body is greater when the latching mechanism is configured in the open position than when the latching mechanism is configured in the closed position; and a mounting mechanism on the bottom wall of the housing body configured to secure the housing to a reciprocal mounting mechanism.