Patent ID: 7229180

Claim:
A reflector device for use in photography, said reflector device comprising: an openable reflector screen, said reflector screen having an inner surface for reflecting light in a selected direction and an opposing outer surface spaced from the inner surface by a body of the reflector screen, a screen handle connected to said reflector screen, screen spokes hinge-mounted at one end of said handle, a slider member mounted so as to be displaceable back and forth along said slider member, bracing spokes hinge-mounted on the slider member, the opposite ends of said bracing spokes being joined in articulated manner to said screen spokes, and a rope drive operative to displace said slider member back and forth along said screen handle, wherein said rope drive includes a crank drive that is disposed adjacent said outer surface of said reflector screen to eliminate shadowing by said crank drive when light is reflected by said inner surface.