Photographic camera body and tripod mounting arrangement
AssigneePolaroid Corporation
InventorsDonato F. Pizzuti, Charles W. Triggs
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Abstract
A camera body and tripod mounting arrangement in which a sill member of plastic material carrying a metal socket insert is directly receivable against the interior bottom wall surface of the body and retained in place by integral tab and lug formations on the member and body, respectively. The sill member is provided with an angled flange extension projecting from the body in a manner to be co-extensive with a pivotal contoured cover. The angled flange construction of the sill member serves to distribute stresses on the socket insert to appropriate load-carrying structure in the body.
Claims12
A photographic camera comprising:
- a body having a bottom wall portion extending between a pair of spaced flange formations joining with said bottom wall portion, said bottom wall portion having inner and outer surfaces joined at a front edge in a plane defining the front face of the body and having an aperture therein spaced rearwardly from said front edge;
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- means for mounting said body on a support, said means comprising a socket member having an open end and a sill member having a base portion of generally rectangular configuration to establish inner and outer faces extending between front, rear and opposite end edges, an annular boss projecting from said outer face to receive said socket member with said open end thereof presented in the direction of said outer face, said outer face complementing the inner surface of said bottom wall between said flange formations and receivable against the inner surface of said bottom wall with said boss in said wall aperture and with the outer edge of said base portion essentially overlying the outer edge of said bottom wall, and an integral flange extending from the front edge of said base portion at an angle to said inner and outer faces thereby to reinforce said base portion against bending along the length thereof between said opposite ends.
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