Patent ID: 7800680

Claim:
A lens system comprising: a lens assembly having a lens support and a lens carried within a portion of the lens support; a fitting mountable to a camera; and a resiliently flexible body extending between the lens and the fitting, the fitting being the sole support for the body relative to the camera, the body being configured to position the lens among at least two operative positions relative to the camera when the fitting is mounted to the camera, and wherein the body has a rest position to which it at least approximately returns after being moved away from the rest position and released, the body having a tubular segment, the lens support and the lens are positioned within the tubular segment, the lens support having an end portion connected to a free end portion of the body that is spaced apart from the fitting, the lens being spaced radially inward from the tubular segment and out of engagement with the tubular segment and configured to allow the tubular segment to bend relative to the fitting without obscuring a view through the lens.