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US 2006/0067657 A1Published application
Camera guard with bezel and ring
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJames Rydelek, Sunny Kim, John Staton
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Abstract
A camera cover assembly has a one-piece front cover and a one-piece guard. The front cover has an outwardly protruding lens hood and an inwardly recessed cup that has a slot defining a resiliently flexible tongue. The tongue has a free margin adjoining the slot and an outwardly protruding boss disposed in spaced relation to the free margin. The guard is mounted to the front cover and has a bezel and a ring. The bezel enshrouds the lens hood. The ring encircles the boss and covers the slot and free margin.
Claims20
A camera cover assembly comprising:
- a one-piece front cover having a outwardly protruding lens hood and an inwardly recessed cup, said cup having a slot defining a resiliently flexible tongue, said tongue having a free margin adjoining said slot, said tongue having a outwardly protruding boss disposed in spaced relation to said free margin;
- a one-piece guard mounted to said front cover, said guard having a bezel and a ring, said bezel enshrouding said lens hood, said ring encircling said boss and covering said slot and said free margin.
A camera cover assembly comprising:
- a front cover having a outwardly protruding lens hood and an inwardly recessed cup, said cup having a slot defining a resiliently flexible tongue, said cup having a sidewall partially encircling said slot, said tongue having a free margin adjoining said slot, said tongue having a outwardly protruding boss disposed in spaced relation to said free margin;
- a guard mounted to said front cover, said guard having a bezel and a ring, said bezel enshrouding said lens hood, said ring being seated against said sidewall, said ring encircling said boss and covering said slot and said free margin.
A camera comprising:
- a main member having a lens turret movable between a first position and a second position;
- front and rear covers attached over said main member, said front cover having a outwardly protruding lens hood and an inwardly recessed cup, said lens hood being disposed over said lens turret, said cup having a slot defining a resiliently flexible tongue, said tongue having a free margin adjoining said slot, said tongue having a outwardly protruding boss disposed in spaced relation to said free margin;
- a guard mounted to said front cover, said guard having a bezel and a ring, said bezel enshrouding said lens hood, said ring encircling said boss and covering said slot and said free margin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.