Patent ID: 9140961
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A45F,F16M,G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera connector for coupling with a threaded socket of a camera and for use with a camera strap having a connector, the camera connector comprising: a threaded shaft sized to threadably engage with the threaded socket of the camera along an axis of rotation; a base portion coupled to the threaded shaft to rotate the threaded shaft upon rotation of the base portion, the base portion including an outer surface configured for permitting a user to grasp the base portion and apply a rotational force thereto to selectively engage the threaded shaft with the threaded socket of the camera, the base portion having a base portion cavity, an upper wall portion extending at least partially over the base portion cavity and a base portion aperture extending upward through the upper wall portion; a rotatable portion rotatably coupled to the base portion and extending upward therefrom, the rotatable portion being configured to rotate relative to the base portion about the axis of rotation, the rotatable portion being configured for vertical displacement between a first position and a second position, the rotatable portion having an upper portion sized to pass through the base portion aperture and a lower portion within the base portion cavity and sized to be unable to pass through the base portion aperture with upward movement of the lower portion limited by the upper wall portion so as to limit the vertical displacement of the rotatable portion away from the first position; a biasing member disposed within the base portion cavity configured to bias the rotatable portion toward the second position; and a loop portion coupled to the rotatable portion for rotation with the rotatable portion about the axis of rotation, the loop portion having an aperture sized to receive the connector of the camera strap, the loop portion having a drive portion which is in driving engagement with a loop engagement portion of the base portion when the rotatable portion is in the first position to selectively fix the rotational position of the loop portion and the rotatable portion relative to the base portion with respect to the axis of rotation, and which is out of driving engagement with the loop engagement portion of the base portion when the rotatable portion is in the second position such that the loop portion and the rotatable portion remain rotatable relative to the base portion about the axis of rotation.