Optical lens case
OwnerLuis Elenesinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses which includes a cylindrical body shell, having an outer rigid casing with inner and outer diameters, and having an inner soft-lined receptacle within the inner diameter of the body shell for receiving the camera lens; a base end cap; a ringed shaped mouth member having inner and outer diameters; a lid cap assembly; a first visco-elastic material bonded to the lid cap assembly; a second visco-elastic material bonded to the base end cap; and, the first and second visco-elastic materials conform to the shape of the lens when the lid cap assembly is engaged with the mouth member.
Claims20
An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising:
- a cylindrical body shell, the body shell including an outer rigid casing having inner and outer diameters, and an inner soft-lined receptacle within the inner diameter of the body shell for receiving a lens therein;
- a base end cap adhesively bonded to the body shell, wherein the base end cap forms a closed-end floor with the body shell;
- a ring-shaped mouth member having inner and outer diameters, wherein the outer diameter of the ring-shaped mouth member is adhesively bonded to the inner diameter of the outer rigid casing;
- a lid cap assembly, removably engageable in a rotational interference fit with the mouth member;
- wherein the lid cap assembly and the mouth member are co-operable to form a seal;
- a first visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the lid cap assembly;
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- a second visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the base end cap;
- wherein the first and second visco-elastic materials conform to the shape of the lens when the lid cap assembly is engaged with the mouth member.
An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising:
- a cylindrical body shell, the body shell including an outer rigid casing having inner and outer diameters and an inner soft-lined receptacle within the inner diameter of the body shell for receiving a lens therein;
- a base end cap adhesively bonded to the body shell, wherein the base end cap forms a closed-end, floor with the body shell;
- a ring-shaped mouth member having inner and outer diameters, wherein the inner diameter is adhesively bonded to the outer diameter of the outer rigid casing;
- a lid cap assembly, removably engageable in a rotational interference fit with the mouth member;
- wherein the lid cap assembly and the mouth member are co-operable to form a seal;
- a first visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the lid cap assembly;
- and
- a second visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the base end cap;
- wherein the first and second visco-elastic materials conform to the shape of the lens when the lid cap assembly is engaged with the mouth member.
An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising:
- a cylindrical body shell including a rigid casing including an internal surface and defining a cylindrical cavity for receiving a lens having a lens diameter, the cylindrical cavity having a cavity diameter larger than the lens diameter to define a gap between the lens and the internal surface;
- a base end cap adhesively bonded to the body shell, wherein the base end cap cooperates with the cylindrical body shell to form a floor of the cylindrical cavity;
- a ring-shaped mouth member adhesively bonded to the internal surface of the rigid casing;
- a lid cap assembly including a thread ring configured to removably engage the mouth member with a rotational interference fit;
- wherein the lid cap assembly and the mouth member are co-operable to form a seal and to form a roof of the cylindrical cavity;
- a first visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the lid cap assembly in an internal aperture defined by the thread ring;
- a second visco-elastic material adhesively bonded to the base end cap;
- wherein when the lid cap assembly is mounted to the cylindrical body shell, the first and second visco-elastic materials conform to the shape of the lens and extend into the gap between the lens and the internal surface to inhibit the lens from contacting the internal surface and to form an air pocket in the gap between the internal surface, the lens, the first visco-elastic material, and the second visco-elastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.