Disposable single-use camera with lens shade
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsAlan V. Vandemoere, William H. Goddard, Ralph M. Lyon
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Abstract
In a disposable single-use camera comprising an inner camera shell pre-loaded with film and an outer paper pack which substantially encloses the camera shell, a lens shade connected to the shell overlies the paper pack at the perimeter of an opening in the pack for the taking lens. Thus, the paper pack is secured flatly in place between the camera shell and the lens shade to prevent the pack from shifting into the field of view of the taking lens or bowing away from the shell.
Claims5
An improved disposable single-use camera wherein (a) a rigid inner camera shell is pre-loaded with film and has a taking lens opening and (b) an outer paper pack contains said rigid camera shell and has a larger opening for substantially revealing said taking lens opening, and wherein the improvement comprises:
- a lens shade adapted to overlie said paper pack at the perimeter of said larger opening and to substantially reveal said taking lens opening;
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- coupling means arranged on said rigid camera shell and said lens shade for connecting the shell and the shade intimately to secure said paper pack in place between the two, to prevent the paper pack from shifting or bowing relative to the shell.
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