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Interchangeable camera light mount

  • US 4,984,135 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1990
  • Issued: 01/08/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Mounting means for connecting a portable light or the like to a camera provided with a threaded mounting bore, said mounting means comprising:

  • a housing for said portable light or the like provided with an enclosed compartment having at least one laterally extending window;

    a thumbwheel rotatably mounted in said housing compartment having a diameter greater than the major dimension of said window;

    said thumbwheel being provided with an accessible portion exterior of said window of said housing for enabling contact and rotation thereof;

    a shaft removably connection to said thumbwheel within said housing;

    said shaft including a threaded fastener depending from the bottom thereof; and

    means on the perimeter of said thumbwheel for securing said shaft to said thumbwheel for rotation therewith;

    whereupon rotation of said thumbwheel will rotate said shaft and depending threaded fastener so that said housing can be threadedly connected to said camera by inserting said depending threaded fastener on said shaft into the threaded bore in said camera.

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