Patent ID: 7120355
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera assembly comprising: a mount defining an optical axis, said mount having opposed first and second stops; a rocker pivoting between a first position abutting said first stop and a second position abutting said second stop; an over-center mechanism biasing said rocker toward a nearer one of said first and second positions; a lens turret having a primary opening and a secondary opening, said lens turret rotating with said rocker between a first configuration and a second configuration upon said pivoting of said rocker between said first and second positions, respectively, said optical axis intersecting said first opening when said lens turret is in said first configuration, said optical axis intersecting said second opening when said lens turret is in said second configuration, said rocker being movable independent of said lens turret in both said configurations.