Waterproof camera housing
US5239323A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 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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