Hand/arm Access Ports On Opposite Sides Of Cabinet Patents (Class 396/591)
  • Patent number: 7841786
    Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible field deployable environmental enclosure device with internal electronic air scrubbing and static suppression electronics, high luminosity wide angle solid state lighting, magnifying optics, viewing ports, an expansion compartment, utility compartments, and sealed operator arm ports. This device was developed for the purpose of containing a Digital SLR (Single Lense Reflex) camera, a digital rangefinder camera, a digital medium format camera, or medium and large format digital camera backs. The stated equipment is contained within the invention as a prophylactic method of avoiding dust and particle contamination to the sensor and body cavity while in the process of exposing the internal body cavity and or the digital image sensor during the operations of either changing lenses, cleaning the image sensor, or other inspection and maintenance procedures. This invention may also be used for other particle sensitive equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Richard Clark Howell Beitman