US 5,767,906 AGranted

Viewfinder mounting for video camera

AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

InventorsHidenori Toyofuku, Motoyoshi Sogabe

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Abstract

A viewfinder mounting for mounting a viewfinder on a camera body for adjustable movement in a common plane in two directions perpendicular to each other. This viewfinder mounting includes a first slide mechanism including first and second slide members coupled with each other for sliding movement relative to each other, and a second slide mechanism including third and fourth slide members coupled with each other for sliding movement relative to each other. A camera fixture is employed to connect the first slide member to the camera body, and a viewfinder fixture is also employed to connect the fourth slide member to the viewfinder. A holder connects the second and third slide members with each other to render the first and second slide members to lie perpendicular to each other. A slide lock mechanism is provided for releasably locking the viewfinder fixture and the camera fixture relative to each other.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A viewfinder mounting for mounting a viewfinder on a camera body for adjustable movement in first and second directions perpendicular to each other, said viewfinder mounting comprising:

a first slide mechanism including a first bearing member and a first elongated member slidably carried by said first bearing member for movement relative to said first bearing member in a first direction;
second slide mechanism including a second bearing member and a second elongated member slidably carried by said second bearing member for movement relative to said second bearing member in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction;
a holder for:
(a) connecting said first elongated member with said second bearing member to permit said first elongated member to extend transverse to said second elongated member, and
(b) supporting said second elongated member;
a camera fixture for detachably coupling one of said first slide mechanism and said second slide mechanism to the camera body;
a viewfinder fixture for detachably coupling the other of said first slide mechanism and said second slide mechanism to the viewfinder;
and
slide lock means for releasably locking together said viewfinder fixture and said camera fixture and including:
(a) a lock table connected with said viewfinder fixture and having a flat surface lying in a plane parallel to one of said first elongated member and said second elongated member,
(b) a lock plate connected to camera fixture, and
(c) a releasable lock member mounted on said lock plate and engageable with said flat surface of said lock table to lock said lock table to said lock plate.

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A viewfinder mounting for mounting a viewfinder on a camera body for adjustable movement in first and second directions perpendicular to each other, said viewfinder mounting comprising:

a first slide mechanism including a first bearing member and a first elongated member slidably carried by said first bearing member for movement relative to said first bearing member in a first direction;
a second slide mechanism including a second bearing member and a second elongated member slidably carried by said second bearing member for movement relative to said second bearing member in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction;
a holder for:
(a) connecting said first elongated member with said second bearing member to permit said first elongated member to extend transverse to said second elongated member, and
(b) supporting said second elongated member;
a camera fixture for detachably coupling one of said first slide mechanism and said second slide mechanism to the camera body;
a viewfinder fixture for detachably coupling the other of said first slide mechanism and said second slide mechanism to the viewfinder;
and
slide lock means for releasably locking together said viewfinder fixture and said camera fixture and including:
(a) a lock table connected with said camera fixture and having a flat surface lying in a plane parallel to one of said first elongated member and said second elongated member,
(b) a lock plate connected to viewfinder fixture, and
(c) a releasable lock member mounted on said lock plate and engageable with said flat surface of said lock table to lock said lock table to said lock plate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.