Scope phone mount

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing detachably couplable to a sighting device. The housing has a first opening and a second opening defining a viewing axis, and a sight shade disposed adjacent the first opening. The second opening is configured to engage an end of the sighting device. The viewing axis of the housing is coaxial with a viewing axis of the sighting device. The housing also includes at least one elongated member coupled with the housing and extending away from the second opening in a direction that is parallel with the viewing axis. The housing also includes a coupling device that is slidably coupled with the at least one elongated member, and configured to couple the at least one elongated member to the sighting device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a housing detachably couplable to a sighting device, the housing having a first opening and a second opening defining a viewing axis, where the housing further comprises a sight shade disposed adjacent the first opening, where the second opening is configured to engage an end of the sighting device, and where the viewing axis of the housing is coaxial with a viewing axis of the sighting device;   at least one elongated member coupled with the housing and extending away from the second opening in a direction that is parallel with the viewing axis; and   a coupling device that is slidably coupled with the at least one elongated member, and configured to couple the at least one elongated member to the sighting device.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the housing further comprises a channel protruding from a side of the housing and a beam-splitting apparatus configured to reflect a portion of a light beam through the channel. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising a mounting plate configured to engage a visual recording device and position a lens of the visual recording device adjacent an end of the channel such that the lens receives the reflected portion of the light beam. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , where the mounting plate further comprises an image stabilizing bar. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising a sunshade coupled to the mounting plate. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , where the sunshade further comprises a mirror mounted to a surface of the sunshade, where the surface is disposed toward a screen of the visual recording device. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising at least one adjustment bar configured to move along at least one axis in X and Y relative to the mounting plate. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , where the at least one adjustment bar comprises four adjustment bars. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , where at least one of the at least one adjustment bar comprises a rotatable stop located distal from the mounting plate, where the rotatable stop rotates to allow the visual recording device to disengage from the mounting plate. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , where the at least one adjustment bar comprises a micro adjusting screw, where the micro adjusting screw adjusts the position of the at least one adjustment bar along at least one axis in X and Y relative to the mounting plate. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the coupling device slides along the at least one elongated member to adjust a distance between the housing and the sighting device. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the at least one elongated member comprises a pair of elongated members, and the coupling device slidably engages each of the pair of elongated members. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , where the coupling device further comprises a substantially circular surface for engaging an outer surface of the sighting device. 
     
     
         14 . A system comprising:
 a sighting device; and   a housing detachably couplable to the sighting device, the housing having a first opening and a second opening defining a viewing axis, where the housing further comprises a sight shade disposed adjacent the first opening, where the second opening is configured to engage an end of the sighting device, and where the viewing axis of the housing is coaxial with a viewing axis of the sighting device;   at least one elongated member coupled with the housing and extending away from the second opening in a direction that is parallel with the viewing axis; and   a coupling device that is slidably coupled with the at least one elongated member, and configured to couple the at least one elongated member to the sighting device.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , where the housing further comprises a channel protruding from a side of the housing and a beam-splitting apparatus configured to reflect a portion of a light beam through the channel. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , further comprising a mounting plate configured to engage a visual recording device and position a lens of the visual recording device adjacent an end of the channel such that the lens receives the reflected portion of the light beam. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , where the visual recording device comprises at least one of a phone, a photography camera, a video camera, and an action camera. 
     
     
         18 . The system of claim of  claim 14 , where the coupling device slides along the at least one elongated member to adjust a distance between the housing and the sighting device. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , where the at least one elongated member comprises a pair of elongated members, and the coupling device slidably engages each of the pair of elongated members. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , where the coupling device further comprises a substantially circular surface for engaging an outer surface of the sighting device.