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US 11,635,676 B2Granted
Image-projector accessory-attachment adapter
AssigneePanamorph, Inc.
InventorShawn L. Kelly
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Abstract
An accessory may be attached to image projector via an associated accessory-interface structure, the latter of which is operatively coupled to at least one projector-attachment structure that extends through an opening in a front panel of the projector so as to provide for clamping the accessory-interface structure to the front panel of the image projector.
Claims28
An image-projector accessory-attachment adapter for attaching an image-projector accessory to an image projector, comprising:
- a. an accessory-interface structure, and
- b. at least one projector-attachment structure, wherein said at least one projector-attachment structure provides for attaching to the image projector by clamping to a region of a front housing portion of said image projector, said at least one projector-attachment structure is operatively couplable to said accessory-interface structure;
- and said accessory-interface structure provides for attaching to the image-projector accessory so as to provide for attaching said image-projector accessory to said image projector via said at least one projector-attachment structure, wherein said region of said front housing portion is associated with an opening therethrough for projection of an associated beam of light from said image projector, wherein said accessory-interface structure is operatively coupled to each projector-attachment structure of said at least one projector-attachment structure with at least one fastener, wherein at least one said at least one fastener operatively coupling said at least one projector-attachment structure to said accessory-interface structure is located above a center of a projector lens of said image projector, and wherein said accessory-interface structure incorporates at least one tine proximate to a base portion of said accessory-interface structure, a forward-facing portion of which provides for engaging with a rearward-facing portion of said front housing portion through a base portion of said opening through said front housing portion of said image projector.
An image-projector accessory-attachment adapter for attaching an image-projector accessory to an image projector, comprising:
- a. an accessory-interface structure, and
- b. at least one projector-attachment structure, wherein said at least one projector-attachment structure provides for attaching to the image projector by clamping to a region of a front housing portion of said image projector, said at least one projector-attachment structure is operatively couplable to said accessory-interface structure;
- and said accessory-interface structure provides for attaching to the image-projector accessory so as to provide for attaching said image-projector accessory to said image projector via said at least one projector-attachment structure, wherein said region of said front housing portion is associated with an opening therethrough for projection of an associated beam of light from said image projector, wherein said accessory-interface structure is operatively coupled to each projector-attachment structure of said at least one projector-attachment structure with at least one fastener, and wherein said at least one projector-attachment structure is arcuately shaped and extends over a circumferential span, a first portion of said at least one projector-attachment structure provides for axially extending through said opening through said front housing portion of said image projector, said at least one projector-attachment structure incorporates, on a rear side thereof, at least one first arcuate segment having a diameter greater than a diameter of said opening, said at least one first arcuate segment provides for abutting a rear surface of said front housing portion of said image projector, said at least one projector-attachment structure incorporates, on a front side thereof, at least one second arcuate segment having a diameter greater than said diameter of said opening, and said at least one second arcuate segment provides for abutting a front surface of said front housing portion of said image projector.
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