Patents by Inventor Patrick Penkwitt

Patrick Penkwitt 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: 6144810
    Abstract: A visual screen for a camera provided with a viewfinder camera has a fastening device that is complementary to a standard fastening device and a plate-shaped screen part extending in a mounted position transverse to the direction of view of a user. The screen part is arranged in relation to the fastening device in such a way that in the mounted position the screen part is located in front of the eye of the user that is not looking through the viewfinder. The screen part has a contour that is roughly trapezoidal overall. One lateral edge of the trapezoidal contour has at least one step on which the fastening device is arranged. The fastening device corresponds to a standard flash shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventors: Patrick Penkwitt, Rainer Strecker