Camera having improved grip surface and method of making same

Details Camera having improved grip surface and method of making same Camera having improved grip surface and method of making same

1995-11-22

1996-10-08

Gellner, Michael L.

Photography

Camera detail

Body structure or housing

396535, G03B 1702

Patent

active

055636748

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a camera body having an external surface for a photographers hand to grip the camera, the surface comprising a laminate of (1) an external first layer comprising a thermoplastic elastomer bonded to (2) a second layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer which is, in turn, bonded to (3) a third layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer.
The invention also provides a method of making a camera having an external surface suitable for a photographers hand to grip the camera, the method comprising forming the camera body or a camera part that is later attached to the camera body by using a preformed laminate.

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