Patent ID: 6776539
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
A bracket for use with a camera and a flash unit, the camera having a bottom surface and a side surface, the bracket comprises:(a) a base support member having a mounting portion engageable with the bottom surface of the camera; (b) a vertical support member having a first end portion engaged to said base support member and a second end portion; (c) a horizontal support member having a first end portion engaged to said second end portion of said vertical support member and a second end portion; and (d) a flash unit support arm having a first end portion and a second end portion engaged to said second end portion of said horizontal support member, said flash unit support arm being moveable between a first position where said first end portion of said flash unit support arm is closer to said vertical support arm relative to said second end portion of said flash unit support arm to allow the person to orientate the bracket to take a horizontal photograph, and a second position where said second end portion of said flash unit support arm is closer to said vertical support arm relative to said first end portion of said flash unit support arm to allow the person to orientate the bracket to take a vertical photograph.