Patent ID: 7693414

Claim:
An adapter for a camera when hand held for the focusing by sighting through an eye piece thereof and a rear surface for receiving in attached relation a camera-operating battery without impeding said eye piece-focusing, said adapter comprising in combination: A. said battery having a top surface and said hand-held camera having an eye piece and operative clearance positions of said top battery surface and said eye piece in parallel relation to each other such that the focusing by said sighting through said eye piece is not impeded; B. a first and second cooperating pair of connectors of which said first connector has an operative position in attached relation to said battery and said second connector has an operative position in attached relation to said hand-held camera; C. said adapter having an operative interposed position between said first and second connectors having (1) a width expanse of a selected nominal extent; (2) an electrical circuit-closing detent in facing relation to said battery-attached connector; and (3) an operative position of said adapter in a detent-effectuated attachment to said battery-attached connector; whereby said nominal width of said adapter is selected to contribute to obviating a camera user's contact with said camera eye piece.