Patent ID: 7878719

Claim:
A sliding lens cap comprising a base having a limiting slot formed through the base; a guiding slot formed through the base; a lens hole formed through the base and formed between the limiting slot and the guiding slot; a driven cover mounted pivotally on a front surface of the base and selectively covering part of the lens hole; a driving cover mounted pivotally on the front surface of the base, connected pivotally to the driven cover, selectively covering part of the lens hole and connected pivotally to the driven cover; a linking bar mounted on a rear surface of the base and connected pivotally to the driven cover through the limiting slot of the base; a resilient element mounted on the rear surface of the base and having two ends, one end of the resilient element mounted securely on the base and the other connected securely to the linking bar and the driven cover; a sliding bracket mounted on the rear surface of the base, connected pivotally to the linking bar and having an inclined slot formed through the sliding bracket; and a sliding pin mounted slidably through the inclined slot of the sliding bracket and the guiding slot of the base and connected pivotally to the driving cover.