Patents by Inventor Robert M. Goward

Robert M. Goward 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: 4707106
    Abstract: Photographic apparatus including a camera and a masking accessory kit in which the camera may be adjusted between a fully automated single-image format mode and a multiple-image format mode for use with the masking accessory kit. The kit includes a plate-form adapter attachable in fixed relation to the camera so that adapter openings register in obstructing fashion with the camera objective and viewfinder lenses. The adapter is designed to support each of a plurality of masks in at least two positions whereby separate areas of a single film frame may be successively exposed to separate light images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce K. Johnson, Juan Estevez, Robert M. Goward, George D. Whiteside
  • Patent number: 4653884
    Abstract: A foldable hood accessory to which a camera may be mounted for photographing electro-luminescent images presented on a reflective surface, the hood including an assembly of upper and lower hood panels pivotally connected to each other at one end and closed along diverging side edges by flexible side shields. The connected hood panels are supported from a plate-like camera mounting base through a pivotal bail and by pivotal connection to a copy lens mount which, in turn is pivoted generally centrally of the base. The pivotal connection of components in the overall assembly permit the hood accessory to be conditioned in a very compact folded form or in an erected form to present a forwardly diverging light shielding hood with a mounting platform at the rear end thereof and to which a camera may be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce K. Johnson, Robert M. Goward
  • Patent number: 4526444
    Abstract: A viewfinder assembly fabricated virtually exclusively of injection molded plastics includes a housing, four lens groups, four mirrors for folding the optical path and providing for proper image orientation, and mirror retainers. All of the components are structured to snap-fit together such that the optical components of the assembly are automatically nominally positioned when placed connected in the housing. Adjustment features for lens tilt and framing are also provided and, as well, means for displaying visual information in the viewfinder field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen D. Fantone, Robert M. Goward, Jonathan I. Kaplan