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US 12,547,058 B1Granted
Element for modular attachment of camera accessories
OwnerSpencer Boerupinventor
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Abstract
A camera accessory mounting element includes attachment elements configured to mount to a component of a camera, such as a lens or a flash device. One or more peripheral devices may be attached to the camera accessory mounting element using attachment elements such as magnets. Peripheral devices include a grid, a light directing dish, a lens hood, a lens adaptor, a step-ring, a lens filter, a lens extension tubes, a light diffusers, a light filter, and a light directing device.
Claims10
A light directing system comprising:
- an apparatus having an apparatus face and an apparatus opening, wherein the apparatus is operatively configured to couple to a camera lighting device such that light may be directed through the apparatus opening;
- a first additional device comprising:
- a body having a first additional device base opposite a first additional device face, the body defining at least one opening from the first additional device base to the first additional device face through which visible light is capable of passing, wherein the first additional device base is removably coupled to the apparatus face such that the first additional device base and the apparatus face are substantially flush and at least a portion of the apparatus opening overlaps with at least a portion of the at least one opening;
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- wherein at least one magnet is disposed about at least one of the apparatus face or the first additional device base such that the apparatus face and the first additional device base form a magnetic coupling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.