Waterproof protective housing for camera

• US 5,956,527 A
• Filed: 05/05/1998
• Issued: 09/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Dowe, David R.
• Primary Examiner(s): BLANKENSHIP, HOWARD BENNETT
• Application Number:
  US09/073,450
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 396/25, 396/26, 396/27, 396/28, 396/29, 348/81, 206/316.2, 206/811
• US Class Current: 396/25
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings

Abstract

A waterproof protective housing for a camera comprising an elastic pouch which is shaped and dimensioned to enclose the camera and has an opening for a taking lens of the camera, is characterized in that a pair of rigid outer and inner clamping parts are secured together parallel to one another to squeeze the elastic pouch between them at the opening to provide a watertight seal around the opening, and at least one of the outer and inner clamping parts is transparent and covers the opening.

Claims

1. A waterproof protective housing for a camera comprising an elastic pouch which is shaped and dimensioned to enclose the camera and has an opening for a taking lens of the camera, is characterized in that:

a pair of outer and inner lens covers are secured together to squeeze said elastic pouch between them at said opening to provide a watertight seal around the opening, and one of said outer and inner lens covers has several holes that project from a rear face of the one lens cover only partway towards a front face of the one lens cover, and fasteners extend from the other lens cover into said holes in said one lens cover to secure the outer and inner lens covers together.

2. A waterproof protective housing for a camera comprising an elastic pouch which is shaped and dimensioned to enclose the camera and has an opening for a taking lens of the camera, is characterized in that:

a pair of transparent rigid outer and inner lens covers are secured together parallel to one another to squeeze said elastic pouch between them at said opening to provide a watertight seal around the opening, said outer lens cover has several holes that project from a rear face of the outer lens cover only partway towards a front face of the outer lens cover, said inner lens cover has similar holes that project from a rear face of the inner lens cover to a front face of the inner lens cover, and fasteners extend through said holes in said inner lens cover and into said holes in said outer lens cover to secure the outer and inner lens covers together.