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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Wayne E. Stiehler, Spencerport, NY (US);
Stephen J. Smith, Shortsville, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An underwater one-time-use camera has a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part. A frame assembly is disposed within the housing. The housing and frame assembly have retention features releaseably sealing the has rear housing part water-tightly against said front housing part and holding the frame assembly in the front housing part independent of the rear housing part. The camera is unloaded by releasing the rear housing part from the front housing part. The film door of the frame assembly is then opened and the film unit is removed. The retention features retain the frame assembly in the front housing part, during and following the opening and the removing of the film unit.