Patent ID: 9097959
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
1. A portable photographic light diffuser configured to be mounted to a photographic light source for a camera, the portable photographic light diffuser comprising: a base adapted to engage the photographic light source for the camera, the base defining a socket; a cowl extending from the base, the cowl having a distal portion and a collapsible portion between the distal portion and the base, the cowl being configured to transform by folding only the collapsible portion onto itself in a folding direction along an optical axis of the diffuser between an expanded configuration, wherein the cowl extends by a first length from the base, and a collapsed configuration, wherein the cowl extends by a second length from the base, the second length being less than the first length, wherein the collapsible portion inverts on itself when the cowl is moved into a telescoped relation in the folding direction; and a sizing insert removably coupled to the base, wherein the sizing insert has a plurality of fins adapted to contact the photographic light source.