User-configurable waterproof camera case

• US 7,929,847 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2009
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanwa Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: Sanwa Technologies Limited
• Inventors: Yim, Wai Lam William
• Primary Examiner(s): Fuller; Rodney E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang; Fang-Chi
• Application Number:
  US12/478,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20090317069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 396/27, 348/81, 206/316.2
• US Class Current: 396/27
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings

Abstract

A user-configurable waterproof camera case includes a housing for sealingly holding different models of camera therein, an actuating shaft extending through an opening of the housing, a probe-carrying member connected to an inner end of the actuating shaft, and an adjustable probe carried by the probe-carrying member at a position engageable with an on/off button or a shutter button of the camera.

Claims

1. A user-configurable waterproof camera case comprising:

a housing for sealingly holding different models of camera therein;

an actuating shaft extending through an opening of the housing;

an actuator block connected to an inner end of the actuating shaft;

a C-clamp slidable along two opposite parallel tracks on the actuator block along a first axis generally perpendicular to an axis of the actuating shaft; and

an adjustable probe mounted on the C-clamp at a position engageable with a button of the camera, wherein the C-clamp comprises a slot along which the adjustable probe slides along a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis.

2. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the probe comprises a threaded portion threadably engaged with a nut for locking the probe in a fixed position relative to the actuator block.

3. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a spring for biasing the actuating shaft.

4. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the actuator block comprises a first opening in which the actuating shaft is inserted and a second opening in which an E-ring is inserted for locking the actuating shaft in the first opening.

5. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cushions provided on inner surfaces of the housing for holding the camera inside the housing.

6. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an actuating button connected to an outer end of the actuating shaft.

7. A user-configurable waterproof camera case comprising:

a housing for sealingly holding different models of camera therein;

an actuating shaft extending through an opening of the housing;

a probe-carrying member connected to an inner end of the actuating shaft; and

an adjustable probe carried by the probe-carrying member at a position engageable with a button of the camera;

wherein the probe-carrying member comprises an array of openings in which the adjustable probe is inserted.

8. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a slide slidably connected to the probe-carrying member along a first axis generally perpendicular to an axis of the actuating shaft, wherein the adjustable probe is mounted on the slide.

9. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 8, wherein the slide is provided with a slot along which the adjustable probe slides along a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis.

10. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 8, wherein the slide is a C-clamp slidable along two opposite parallel tracks on the probe-carrying member.

11. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, wherein the adjustable probe comprises a threaded portion threadably engaged with a nut for locking the adjustable probe in a fixed position relative to the probe-carrying member.

12. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a spring for biasing the actuating shaft.

13. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, wherein the probe-carrying member comprises a first opening in which the actuating shaft is inserted and a second opening in which a locking member is inserted for locking the actuating shaft in the first opening.

14. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of cushions provided on inner surfaces of the housing for holding the camera inside the housing.

15. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an actuating button connected to an outer end of the actuating shaft.

16. A user-configurable waterproof camera case comprising:

a housing for sealingly holding different models of camera therein;

an actuating shaft extending through an opening of the housing; and

a position-adjustable probe reactable to an action of the actuating shaft at a position engageable with a button of the camera;

a probe-carrying member connected to an inner end of the actuating shaft;

wherein the probe-carrying member comprises a first opening in which the actuating shaft is inserted and a second opening in which a locking member is inserted for locking the actuating shaft in the first opening.

17. The user-configurable waterproof camera case as claimed in claim 16, wherein the position-adjustable probe is carried by the probe-carrying member.