Camera cover guide mechanism

A camera comprising:

• a lighttight body;
• a cover having opposed top and bottom surfaces and opposed from and rear surfaces, sad cover having an open end and an interior recess sized for fitting over an end of said body, said cover being subject to sliding motion relative to said body between a cantilevered open position and a closed position;
• said body and said cover together having three spaced apart guide pins and three slots, each said guide pin being disposed on one of said cover and said body, each respective said slot being disposed on the other of said cover and said body, at least one of said guide pins having a shoulder with a diameter larger than a remainder of said guide pin and a respective said slot having a T-shaped contour closely fitted to said diameters of said shoulder and said remainder of said guide pin, said slots and respective said guide pins being disposed in close engagement during said sliding motion of said cover relative to said body, said sliding motion being solely controlled by said close engagement.

A camera comprising:

• a lighttight body having a projecting sleeve;
• a cover having opposed top and bottom surfaces and opposed front and rear surfaces, said cover having an open end and an interior recess sized for fitting over an end of said body, said cover being movable relative to said body between a cantilevered open position and a closed position, said cover having an extension extending from said bottom surface, said extension including a beam-like guide arm passing through said sleeve, said guide arm and sleeve coupling said cover to said body and supporting said cover when said cover is moved to said cantilevered open position;
• said body and said cover together having at least one guide pin and slot retaining said guide pin, said guide pin being disposed on one of said cover and said body, said guide pin having a shoulder with a diameter larger than a diameter of a remainder of said guide pin, said slot having a T-shaped contour closely fitted to said diameters of said shoulder and said remainder and being disposed on the other of said cover and said body.