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US 6,724,986 B1Granted
Underwater camera
OwnerCharles P. Sicherinventor
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Abstract
A submersible underwater housing for a waterproof camera is adapted to hold the camera in either a vertical or a horizontal viewing position. The housing has a rudder to guide the camera when the camera is disposed in a moving body of water.
Claims5
A submersible video viewing apparatus, comprising:
- a camera having a viewing lens with a viewing axis, and encased in a waterproof housing;
- a viewing cable having one end connected to the camera and an opposite end adapted to be connected to a video viewing apparatus when the camera is suspended beneath the video viewing apparatus in a body of water;
- a housing having means for supporting the camera in a first viewing position in which the camera viewing axis is aligned with the cable in a suspended position in the body of water when the camera is suspended by the cable, the housing having structure for connecting the cable to the housing whereby the camera is disposed in a second viewing position when the camera is suspended by the cable in a body of water;
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- the housing being formed of two generally symmetrical halves which when joined together form both a rudder, and said housing for receiving the camera between said two halves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.