×

Camera heating jacket

  • US 5,173,585 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1991
  • Issued: 12/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In combination:

  • a camera having forward and rearward ends, opposing sides, a bottom and a top;

    a lens mounted on the forward end of said camera;

    a flat flexible sheet of insulative material having a forward end, rearward end and opposing sides;

    said sheet wrapped around said camera to form an insulative jacket enclosing said camera;

    said sheet having a forward flap for selectively covering said lens;

    means for selectively connecting said forward flap to portions of said jacket to selectively cover said lens;

    said jacket having access openings formed therein providing access to controls on said camera;

    flaps of insulative material selectively operably connected to said jacket to selectively cover said access openings;

    means on said jacket for selectively maintaining said jacket on said camera;

    an electrical heating element mounted in said jacket;

    means for activating said heating element to heat the camera within the jacket;

    said camera having a handle extending from the top of said camera;

    said handle having a grip portion positioned above and in spaced relation to the top of said camera; and

    said jacket having flaps along its opposing sides wrapped over the camera top forwardly and rearwardly of said handle and beneath said grip portion of the handle such that the camera top is substantially completely covered and such that the handle projects outwardly above the jacket to permit the camera to be carried by the handle.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×