Privacy shutter for computer camera with finger grip
AssigneeHandstands Promo, LLC
InventorsBrandon VanTassell, Stefan Leimer, Jason Fogg
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Abstract
A privacy shutter selectively covers and exposes a camera lens on a computer device. The privacy shutter has a frame with an aperture and a screen carried by the frame and slidable in the aperture. The screen moves between open and closed positions. A fingertip grip has a low-profile dome coupled to the screen.
Claims20
A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:
- a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device;
- b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame between:
- i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed in a first position with respect to the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device;
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- ii) an open position in which the screen is disposed in a different second position with respect to the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device;
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- c) a fingertip grip coupled to the screen and comprising a low-profile dome having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile.
A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:
- a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device;
- b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame between:
- i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed in a first position with respect to the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device;
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- ii) an open position in which the screen is disposed in a different second position with respect to the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device;
- c) a low-profile dome carried by the frame or the screen, and having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile;
- d) the dome being at least translucent;
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- e) indicium being disposed underneath the dome and visible therethrough.
A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:
- a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device, and having an aperture circumscribed by the frame and configured to expose the camera lens on the computer device;
- b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame and the aperture between:
- i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed across the aperture of the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device;
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- ii) an open position in which the screen exposes the aperture of the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device;
- c) a cavity in the screen facing outwardly with respect to the privacy shutter;
- d) a fingertip grip coupled to the screen and disposed in the cavity of the screen;
- e) the fingertip grip comprising a low-profile dome having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile;
- f) an outermost portion of the dome is substantially flush with, or recessed below, an outermost surface of the screen, or an outermost surface of the frame, or both;
- g) the dome being at least translucent;
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- h) indicium being disposed underneath the dome and visible therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.