Patent ID: 7719613
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A cradle for a digital camera, comprising: a bottom; at least two L-shaped column portions which hold a digital camera having a cross section that is generally rectangular in shape, each of which holds two sides of at least one pair of diagonal corner portions of the digital camera; a wall surface extending upwardly from sides of the bottom which connects the L-shaped column portions and surrounds the digital camera; and an opening though which the digital camera is inserted into the cradle, wherein the bottom, the L-shaped column portions, the wall surface, and the opening of the cradle form a lidless-shaped box which is adapted to cover a part of the digital camera while another part of the digital camera remains exposed, when the digital camera is mounted in a recess of the lidless-shaped box, and a portion of the wall surface which extends upwardly from a portion of one side of the bottom and is abutting against a first one of the L-shaped column portions is a movable wall which is pivotable about an axis located near the bottom of the cradle.