US 5,172,838 A · Chest pouch camera carrier

Abstract

A camera carrier (10) is provided, having a camera case assembly (14) with a belt assembly (18) attached thereto. The belt assembly (18) is adapted to be worn about either a photographer's chest or waist. A case lid (16) is removably attached to the camera case assembly (14). A pair of adjustment strap assemblies (42) can be adjusted by means of a pair of double "D" ring assemblies (52) to cause the camera case assembly (14) to closely support a great variety of sizes of cameras (12). A pair of recessed areas (66) in the case lid (16) permit a neck strap (68) to be worn on the camera (12) and to protrude from the camera case assembly (14) even when the case lid (16) is closed such that the neck strap (68) may be worn around the photographer's neck when the camera carrier (10) is worn about the photographer's chest. The camera carrier (10) may optionally be used as a divider within a larger conventional camera bag (84).

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Dependent claims

A camera carrier for carrying a camera therein, comprising:

a generally rectangular case enclosure for containing the camera within, said case enclosure having four flexible padded side walls;
at least one adjustment strap assembly attached to the side walls such that the volume of the case enclosure is variable according to the adjusted length of the adjustment strap;
and
a case lid attached to one of said side walls of the case enclosure such that said case lid hinges up from that side wall to permit access to the camera within the case enclosure, wherein said case lid is formed so as to provide a pair of recesses through which a camera neck strap may be passed such that said camera neck strap may be extended from the case enclosure through said recesses when the lid is closed over the enclosure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Chest pouch camera carrier

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Chest pouch camera carrier

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Abstract

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