Patents by Inventor Debby H. Kwak

Debby H. Kwak 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).

  • Shutter release
    Patent number: 5274411
    Abstract: A shutter release is manually movable in opposite directions from an intermediate position to respective terminal positions to release a camera shutter to make an exposure. Thus, a user is provided two alternative ways to manually operate the shutter release rather than a single way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Debby H. Kwak
  • Camera assembly
    Patent number: 5270761
    Abstract: A camera body has a pair of right-hand and left-hand symmetric openings for alternatively receiving a manually actuated camera device, such as a shutter release, thereby allowing the camera body to be tailored selectively for right-hand or left-hand use of the manually actuated camera device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Debby H. Kwak
  • Compact camera with deployable flash unit
    Patent number: 5253002
    Abstract: A compact camera comprises a flash unit and a viewfinder airspace. The flash unit and viewfinder airspace are relatively sized to fit the flash unit into the viewfinder airspace for storage purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Debby H. Kwak