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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396424 ; 396540 ;
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.