Patent ID: 7871205
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A base for an underwater camera with a camera enclosed inside a watertight housing, said base serving to have said underwater camera affixed and to attach an arm with a flash lamp provided at a tip part of said arm when flash lighting is carried out, said base comprising: a base main body having an elongated planar fixing part where said underwater camera is fastened, said elongated planar fixing part defining a transverse direction; a mobile holder plate for fastening said underwater camera, having a protrusion for limiting displacement of said camera housing in said transverse direction and being disposed on said base main body so as to be movable in said transverse direction; a pair of set screws for attaching said mobile holder plate to said base main body; and a fixing screw for fastening said underwater camera; wherein said base main body has a fixing hole for allowing only an axial part of said fixing screw to pass through and a pair of elongated holes formed on both sides of said fixing hole for allowing only axial parts of said set screws to pass through and to be movable in said transverse direction; and wherein said mobile holder plate has an elongated fixing hole for allowing the axial part of said fixing screw to pass through and to be movable in said transverse direction and fixing screw holes for engaging with said pair of set screws.