Patents by Inventor Walter Hamlin

Walter Hamlin 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: 6130992
    Abstract: A camera comprising a rectangle housing having a front face, a top surface and a bottom, a shutter trigger located along the top of the camera for operating the conventional shutter of the camera, a pair of sighting arms extending divergently and symmetrically outwardly from the front face of the camera in a plane at right angles thereto, whereby an operator of the camera can hold the housing at arms length from his body with his index finger adjacent the shutter trigger, and whereby the operator can sight along one of the sighting arms while turning the camera towards himself, the operator being certain that he can see an inboard side that sighting arm to insure that his face will be in at least part of the picture to be taken upon actuation of the shutter trigger by his index finger, the sighting arms being connected to the top of the camera by a hinged adapter which will permit the sighting arms to be folded so as to lie against the front face of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventor: Walter Hamlin