Photographic camera with cover/handle
First Claim
1. A photographic camera comprising a camera body and a cover/handle coupled together for limited sliding movement of said cover/handle along said camera body to project increasingly from one end of the camera body to uncover the camera body and, when projected from said one end the extent it can be projected, for limited pivotal movement of the cover/handle about the one end to permit the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a horizontal orientation for picture-taking, is characterized in that:
- mutual engagement means are located on said camera body and said cover/handle for fixing the cover/handle releasably to the camera body, when the cover/handle is slid to project from said one end only a portion of the extent it can be projected, to permit the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a vertical orientation for picture-taking.
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Abstract
A photographic camera includes a camera body and a cover/handle coupled together for limited sliding movement of the cover/handle along the camera body to project increasingly from one end of the camera body to uncover the camera body and, when projected from the one end the extent it can be projected, for limited pivotal movement of the cover/handle about the one end to permit the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a horizontal orientation for picture-taking. According to the invention, the cover/handle is fixed releasably to the camera body when the cover/handle is slid to project from the one end of the camera body only a portion of the extent it can be projected. This permits the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a vertical orientation for picture-taking.
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1. A photographic camera comprising a camera body and a cover/handle coupled together for limited sliding movement of said cover/handle along said camera body to project increasingly from one end of the camera body to uncover the camera body and, when projected from said one end the extent it can be projected, for limited pivotal movement of the cover/handle about the one end to permit the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a horizontal orientation for picture-taking, is characterized in that:
mutual engagement means are located on said camera body and said cover/handle for fixing the cover/handle releasably to the camera body, when the cover/handle is slid to project from said one end only a portion of the extent it can be projected, to permit the cover/handle to be manually grasped erect to hold the camera body steady in a vertical orientation for picture-taking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A photographic camera comprising a camera body, and a pop-up flash unit biased to pop up from said camera body, is characterized in that:
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cover means normally covers said electronic flash unit to prevent the flash unit from popping up from said camera body; and cooperating means couples said camera body and said cover means for sliding movement of the cover means along the camera body to uncover the flash unit to permit the flash unit to pop up from the camera body. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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