Patents by Inventor Anthony L. Capra

Anthony L. Capra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6476853
    Abstract: A modular, submersible video viewing system. The system includes a viewing monitor, camera and interconnecting multi-conductor cable that store at a portable housing and deploy for underwater viewing. Webs at the camera housing interconnect to cable clips, bottom support plates, a swivel coupler or steering guide and/or pole to control camera orientation when towed or during stationary or pole directed viewing. Alternative rudders and/or hydrodynamic ballast weights (with or without a keel) mount to the webs to control camera tracking. A multi-aperture reflection suppressor and etched lens mount to the camera and cooperate with a series of LED's to direct light relative to the viewing field of the camera lens. Various sunshields, lights and/or lenses and filters are optionally mountable to the monitor housing or camera. Alternative monitor housings are disclosed that contain the viewing monitor, battery and attendant control circuitry and camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Nature Vission, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Zernov, Anthony L. Capra
  • Patent number: 6262761
    Abstract: A modular, submersible video viewing system. The system includes a viewing monitor, camera and interconnecting multi-conductor cable that store at a portable housing and deploy for underwater viewing. Webs at the camera housing interconnect to cable clips, bottom support plates, a swivel coupler or steering guide and/or pole to control camera orientation when towed or during stationary or pole directed viewing. Alternative rudders and/or hydrodynamic ballast weights (with or without a keel) mount to the webs to control camera tracking. A multi-aperture reflection suppressor and etched lens mount to the camera and cooperate with a series of LED's to direct light relative to the viewing field of the camera lens. Various sunshields, lights and/or lenses and filters are optionally mountable to the monitor housing or camera. Alternative monitor housings are disclosed that contain the viewing monitor, battery and attendant control circuitry and camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nature Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Zernov, Anthony L. Capra
  • Patent number: 6097424
    Abstract: A modular submersible video viewing system. The system includes a viewing monitor, multi-conductor cable and camera that store at a portable housing and deploy for underwater viewing. The camera can be submersed for stationary viewing, towed from a watercraft or manipulated with an operator pole. The camera can be secured with clips or bottom support plates in various orientations or be secured to a swivel coupler and steering guide and/or pole. A rudder, ballast weight (with or without a keel), lens' sunshield, lights and/or lenses and filters are optionally mountable to the camera. In one portable assembly, a cable spool mounts to a carry case that stores the system components. In another portable assembly, the viewing monitor, battery and attendant control circuitry are mounted in a monitor housing having an integral sunshield. A handle and a pair of cable wrap arms contain the cable. A recess at the monitor housing supports the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Nature Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Zernov, Anthony L. Capra
  • Patent number: D429744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Nature Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Zernov, Anthony L. Capra