Cover for a camera body and lens
AssigneeThink Tank Photo, Inc.
InventorMichael Allen Sturm
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Abstract
A cover for a camera body having a hot shoe and an attached lens has a flexible sleeve that has an opening for the end of the lens and an opening through which the camera body and lens can be inserted and through which the camera body can be manipulated. The sleeve is provided with a clear panel or window for viewing the camera body. The cover has a connector attached to the sleeve and protruding inwardly for detachable connection to the hot shoe of the camera body.
Claims10
A cover for a camera body having a hot shoe mounted on a top of the camera body and a lens attached to the camera body, comprising:
- a sleeve made of flexible waterproof material having first and second ends and defining a compartment having an opening at each of the first and second ends, wherein the camera body and the lens may be contained within the compartment of the sleeve, the opening of the first end is sized to fit around a light-gathering end of the lens, and the opening of the second end will permit the passage of the camera body and lens into the compartment,
- a window comprising a portion of the sleeve, the window being generally transparent;
- a connector attached to the sleeve and extending from an inner side of the sleeve into the compartment, the connector having a portion formed so as to be insertable into the hot shoe in order to connect the sleeve to the camera body, the connector being positioned with respect to the sleeve so when the camera body and the lens are placed within the sleeve and the connector is attached to the hot shoe of the camera body the window will be disposed over at least a back side of the camera body;
- whereby a photographer may view the back side of the camera body through the window of the sleeve when the camera body and the lens are placed within the compartment of the sleeve and the photographer may pass his or her hands through the opening of the second end in order to hold the camera and manipulate controls on the camera body.
A method of protecting a camera body having a hot shoe mounted on a top of the camera body and a lens attached to the camera body, comprising:
- providing a cover comprising a sleeve made of flexible waterproof material having first and second ends and defining a compartment having an opening at each of the first and second ends, wherein the camera body and the lens may be contained within the compartment of the sleeve, the opening of the first end is sized to fit around a light-gathering end of the lens, and the opening of the second end will permit the passage of the camera body and lens into the compartment, a window comprising a portion of the sleeve, the window being generally transparent;
- a connector attached to the sleeve and extending from an inner side of the sleeve into the compartment, the connector having a portion formed so as to be insertable into a hot shoe mounted on a top of the camera body in order to connect the sleeve to the camera body, the connector being positioned with respect to the sleeve so when the camera body and the lens are placed within the sleeve and the connector is attached to the hot shoe of the camera body the window will be disposed over a back side of the camera body;
- inserting the camera body and lens through the opening of the second end of the sleeve into the compartment;
- securing the first end of the sleeve around the light-gathering end of the lens;
- attaching the connector to the hot shoe of the camera body;
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- folding the sleeve over the camera body so that the window is positioned over the back side of the camera body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.