Lens selector
OwnerCheston Davis, Tracy Davisinventors
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Abstract
A lens selector for selectively exposing one camera lens and covering other camera lenses of a cell phone or the like is shown and described. The lens selector comprises a base which grips the cell phone and a lens cover movable between two or more positions. The lens cover may slide along the base when moving between positions. An arm resiliently biased into an engaged positions may lock the lens cover into a selected position on the base. The lens selector may substantially cover that side of the cell phone having lenses, and may grip edges of the cell phone. The lens selector may include a socket for centering an associated cell phone with respect to an optical device such as a spotting scope, so that the cell phone may capture images visible through the scope.
Claims10
A lens selector for selecting one of plural camera lenses of a hand held communications device, the lens selector comprising:
- a lens cover including an exposure port dimensioned and configured to expose one of the plural camera lenses;
- a base dimensioned and configured to be retained on the hand held communications device by partial envelopment thereof;
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- a coupling configured to couple the lens cover to the base in the first viewing position wherein the lens cover exposes a selected one of the plural camera lenses and is movable to the second viewing position wherein the lens cover exposes another selected one of the plural camera lenses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.