Patent ID: 8111984

Claim:
A matte box assembly for use with a camera rig comprising a camera body supported on a pair of parallel and spaced apart mounting rails extending in a longitudinal direction and including a lens directed in the longitudinal direction of the mounting rails, the matte box assembly comprising: a matte frame comprising a perimeter body surrounding a lens opening arranged for alignment with the lens of the camera and a filter mount arranged to support a lens filter spanning the lens opening; a hood body supported on the matte frame about the lens opening to project outwardly from the matte frame generally in the longitudinal direction; a rail mount arranged to be fixed on the mounting rails of the camera rig; a support frame comprising a pair of upright side frame members supported in fixed relation to the rail mount at spaced apart positions so as to be arranged to receive the matte frame therebetween; a hinge coupling one side of the matte frame to one of the side frame members of the support frame for relative pivotal movement of the matte frame about the side frame member between an in-use position in which the matter frame spans between the two side frame members such that the lens opening of the matte frame is arranged to be aligned with the lens of the camera rig and an out-of-use position in which the matte frame is pivoted outwardly away from the support frame relative to the in-use position such that the lens of the camera rig is arranged to be substantially unobstructed by the matte frame; an anchor arranged to couple the other side of the matte frame to the other side frame member opposite the hinge in the in-use position such that the matte frame is arranged to be readily releasable from said other side frame member opposite the hinge for pivotal movement into the out-of-use position.