Videography headwear articles

Abstract

Videography headwear articles including a hat and a mount. The mount is mounted to the hat and configured to secure a camera in a position adapted to capture videos. In some examples, the videography article includes a user input device configured to selectively activate a camera secured to the mount to capture videos. In some examples the videography article includes a light mounted to the hat in a position to illuminate an area where a camera secured by the mount captures videos.

1 . A videography headwear article, comprising:
 a hat;   a mount mounted to the hat and configured to secure a camera in a position adapted to capture videos.   
     
     
         2 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , wherein the hat includes a brim. 
     
     
         3 . The videography headwear article of  claim 2 , wherein the mount is mounted to the brim. 
     
     
         4 . The videography headwear article of  claim 3 , wherein:
 brim includes a forward portion extending forward of a person wearing the hat; and   the mount mounted to the forward portion of the brim.   
     
     
         5 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , wherein the hat is a baseball cap. 
     
     
         6 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , further comprising a user input device mounted to the hat. 
     
     
         7 . The videography headwear article of  claim 6 , wherein the user input device is a button. 
     
     
         8 . The videography headwear article of  claim 7 , wherein the user input device is complementarily configured with a camera secured by the mount. 
     
     
         9 . The videography headwear article of  claim 8 , wherein the user input device is configured to selectively activate the camera to capture videos. 
     
     
         10 . The videography headwear article of  claim 8 , wherein the user input device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the camera. 
     
     
         11 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , further comprising a light mounted to the hat. 
     
     
         12 . The videography headwear article of  claim 11 , wherein the light is mounted to the hat in a position to illuminate an area where a camera secured by the mount captures videos. 
     
     
         13 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the mount includes:
 a body; and 
 a threaded fastener selectively coupled to the body and configured to mount the mount to the hat; 
   the threaded fastener includes:
 a threaded shaft; and 
 a head extending from the threaded shaft; and 
   the head is radially larger than the threaded shaft.   
     
     
         14 . The videography headwear article of  claim 13 , wherein the body of the mount defines a threaded recess complementarily configured with the threaded shaft to threadingly couple with the threaded shaft. 
     
     
         15 . The videography headwear article of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the head of the threaded fastener is disposed on a first side of the hat;   the body of the mount is disposed on a second side of the hat opposite the first side of the hat; and   the threaded shaft passes through the hat and threadingly couples with the threaded recess of the body.   
     
     
         16 . The videography headwear article of  claim 15 , wherein threadingly coupling the threaded shaft deeper into the threaded recess compresses the hat between the head of the threaded fastener and the body of the threaded fastener. 
     
     
         17 . The videography headwear article of  claim 1 , wherein the mount includes a resilient clamp configured to compress a camera to secure the camera within the mount. 
     
     
         18 . The videography headwear article of  claim 17 , wherein the resilient clamp is configured to releasably secure the camera. 
     
     
         19 . The videography headwear article of  claim 17 , wherein the resilient clamp includes a compressible layer in a position to abut the camera mounted in the mount. 
     
     
         20 . The videography headwear article of  claim 17 , wherein the mount is C-shaped and complementarily configured with a smartphone including a camera.