Waterproof camera housing
US5087934A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/08
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A waterproof housing is in the form of a generally rectangular collapsible bag (43) made from a flexible waterproof material and which is shaped and dimensioned to accomodate a camera. The bag (43) is provided with a pocket (44) having a lens port (47) and shaped to locate the lens port (47) with respect to the camera lens. Another pocket (50) has a viewing port (52), and is shaped to locate the viewing port (52) with respect to the camera viewfinder. The pockets are provided with respective reinforcements, in the form of annular collars (47, 53), to locate positively the lens port and viewing port with respect to the camera lens and viewfinder respectively. The pocket (50) having the viewing port may be a gaiter made from a flexible rubber material, which permits viewing substantially through the operative range of the viewfinder in the operative environment of the camera.
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