Patent ID: 9645476
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G03B

Claim:
1. An accessory that can be engaged by a rotating action in a predetermined direction, with a camera body that includes a body-side mount assuming a bayonet structure having a plurality of body-side tabs, the accessory comprising: a plurality of accessory-side tabs having different lengths from each other along the predetermined direction, that transfers from a first state at which the plurality of accessory-side tabs are inserted between the plurality of body-side tabs, to a second state at which the plurality of accessory-side tabs engage the plurality of body-side tabs through the rotating action in the predetermined direction; and a restricting member disposed at a third longest tab among the plurality of accessory-side tabs, that restricts movement in the predetermined direction by abutting a corresponding body-side tab of the plurality of body-side tabs.