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Granted Patent B2
US 12,493,231 · App. 18/407,158 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Modular video attachment with vibration dampening enhanced by vibration compensating rings

Inventor: Timothy P. Lajoie (Templeton, MA)
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Patent No.
US 12,493,231
App. No.
18/407,158
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a system for mounting video equipment to an object and to provide enhanced vibration dampening through vibration concentrating ridges/rings that focus vibrations into an attached vibration dampener. An embodiment may incorporate a magnetic post for magnetically attaching video equipment. Another embodiment may incorporate a T-shaped base for attaching an action camera.

Claims (32)

1 . A system for securing video equipment to an object, said system comprising:

a gimbal assembly to accommodate at least one type of video equipment having an arm for attaching to said object;

a dampener base disposed on one side of said arm of said gimbal, wherein said dampener base has vibration concentrating ridges/rings that focus vibrations of said arm into an attached vibration dampener;

said vibration dampener positioned at a center of said vibration concentrating ridges/rings of said dampener base on said arm of said gimbal assembly such that said vibrations of said arm of said gimbal assembly are focused into said vibration dampener;

a base facing end of said arm of said gimbal assembly;

a quick release clip attached to said base facing end of said arm of said gimbal assembly; and

wherein said gimbal assembly is attachable to said object via a base plate, wherein said object is a vibration causing object, and wherein said base plate is connected to said quick release clip attached to said arm of said gimbal assembly.

2 . The system of claim 1 further comprising:

an arm backside dampener base disposed on an opposite side of said arm from said dampener base of said gimbal, wherein said arm backside dampener base also has vibration concentrating ridges/rings that focus vibrations of said arm into an additional attached vibration dampener; and

said additional vibration dampener positioned at a center of said arm backside vibration concentrating ridges/rings of said arm backside dampener base on said arm of said gimbal assembly such that said vibrations of said arm of said gimbal assembly are focused into said additional vibration dampener.

3 . The system of claim 1 wherein a ball of a ball and socket portion of said gimbal assembly is overmolded with a softer rubber compound.

4 . The system of claim 1 wherein said base plate is attached to said object with two-sided mounting tape.

5 . The system of claim 1 wherein said base plate is attached to said object by at least one of a group of attachment methods chosen from: magnetic, picatinny rail, suction cup, hasps clasps, and screws.

6 . The system of claim 1 wherein said gimbal assembly further comprises:

a magnetic post disposed vertically from said gimbal assembly;

a magnet attached at a top of said magnetic post; and

two video equipment holding shelves disposed perpendicular to said magnetic post at a base of said magnetic post to hold said video equipment.

7 . The system of claim 6 further comprising two rubber pads attached one each to said two video equipment holding arms.

8 . The system of claim 6 wherein said magnet is a 19 lb. Neodymium magnet.

9 . The system of claim 6 further comprising:

a magnet dampener base disposed on a backside of said magnet, wherein said magnet dampener base also has vibration concentrating ridges/rings that focus vibrations of magnetic post into an additional attached vibration dampener; and

said additional vibration dampener positioned at a center of said magnet vibration concentrating ridges/rings of said magnet dampener base such that vibrations of said magnetic post are focused into said additional vibration dampener.

10 . The system of claim 6 further comprising:

a rubber band hook located a top of said magnetic post;

a rubber band slot between said two video equipment holding shelves;

a rubber band ridge at a base plate of the gimbal; and

wherein a rubber band is hooked over said rubber band hook around an attached piece of video equipment, through said rubber band slot and over said rubber band ridge such that said attached piece of video equipment is held by said rubber band in addition to said magnet.

11 . The system of claim 1 wherein said gimbal assembly further comprises:

a T-shaped camera base disposed to hold an action camera; and

a rubber pad cut to fit said T-shaped camera base attached on top of said T-shaped camera base.

12 . The system of claim 11 wherein said T-shaped camera base and said rubber pad have a T-shaped slot for said action camera attachment.

13 . The system of claim 11 wherein said T-shaped camera base has a rounded radius on a back of said T-shaped camera base to accept round shaped/round bottomed action cameras.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63437442 · Jan 6, 2023
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References Cited (1)
US 10437136B2 · Lajoie · 2019 [cited by examiner]