Integral With Camera Body Patents (Class 396/424)
  • Patent number: 5828917
    Abstract: A camera comprising a housing a having a top and a bottom, and a support for one's forearm and/or wrist, is characterized in that the bottom of the housing is concave to define a rounded inward hollow at a location directly beneath the top of the housing for receiving one's forearm and/or wrist along the bottom of the housing, whereby the support is built into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Stanley W. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 5623712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera comprising an opening that is located in a camera body and defines a film screen, a lens barrel located in front of the opening and extended forward of the camera body, a projection located behind the opening, a grip that ls formed on one side surface of the projection, whose back end lies ahead of the back end of the projection, and that is held with the fingers of a photographer's hand during photography, and a recess that is formed on the outer circumference of the outer wall of the lens barrel, located in an area substantially opposed to the grip, and dented toward the inner circumference of the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Onda, Kazuhiko Watarai, Mutsumi Naruse