Photography – Underwater – waterproof – or water-resistant camera – Camera removable from handheld casing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-30
2008-09-16
Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)
Photography
Underwater, waterproof, or water-resistant camera
Camera removable from handheld casing
C396S025000, C396S026000, C396S028000, C396S029000, C348S081000, C359S507000, C359S508000, C359S512000, C359S513000, C359S514000, C206S316200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07426339
ABSTRACT:
A waterproof housing for storing a camera with a lens barrel includes, a cylindrical lens barrel storage section for storing the lens barrel portion with a through hole communicating the outside and inside of the waterproof housing; and a rotatable cylindrical operation ring supported on an outer periphery of the cylindrical lens barrel storage section and provided to enclose an outer periphery of a rotary ring on the stored lens barrel for rotating the same. The waterproof housing also includes a transmitting member in the hole on an outer wall of the cylindrical lens barrel storage section connected to the rotary ring for directly transmitting rotation of the operation ring thereto, and a waterproof member between the outside of the cylindrical lens barrel storage section and an inner periphery of the operation ring for waterproof between the interior and the exterior of the cylindrical lens barrel storage section.
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Olympus Corporation
Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen, LLP
Perkey W. B.
Weathers Anthony
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