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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:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Kenji Kawazura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawazura, Tokyo, JP;
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mount lock apparatus for a camera includes a projecting exterior portion provided substantially at a central portion of a front surface of a camera body; a circular annular mount plate, which is fitted to the projecting exterior portion, and to which a photographing lens unit is detachably attached; a mount lock pin which is biased to protrude from the circular annular mount plate to engage with the photographing lens unit; and a mount unlocking button which is operated to move the mount lock pin in a direction to retract from the connecting surface. The mount unlocking button is provided on a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the projecting exterior portion that is located closer to a lens optical axis thereof than a farthermost portion of the projecting exterior portion from the lens optical axis in a horizontal direction of the camera body.
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