Patent · US Expired

Waterproof camera housing

US5239323A · kind A · utility

66Cited by
4References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1991
Grant dateAug 24, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/08
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A waterproof housing in the form of a generally rectangular collapsible bag made from a flexible waterproof material and which is shaped and dimensioned to accommodate a camera. The bag is provided with a pocket having a lens port and shaped to locate the lens port with respect to the camera lens. Another pocket has a viewing port, and is shaped to locate the viewing port with respect to the camera viewfinder. The pockets are provided with respective reinforcements, in the form of annular collars, to locate positively the lens port and viewing port with respect to the camera lens and viewfinder respectively. The pocket 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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