Patent ID: 8368748

Claim:
A waterproof digital camera combination, comprising: (a) digital camera with a plurality of function members, a rear viewing screen and a front lens; (b) a synthetic skin that encases said camera by snugly fitting around said camera to provide a water-tight enclosure thereof; wherein said synthetic skin has a lens port to accommodate said camera front lens and a transparent portion corresponding to said camera rear viewing screen; wherein said synthetic skin transparent portion of said synthetic skin has an opening and a cooperating transparent plate that is dimensioned and formed so that it can be repeatedly movable from an open position to a closed position and vice versa, where in said closed position, a water-tight relationship is formed by said transparent member with the remainder of said synthetic skin and where in said open position, the dimensions of said synthetic skin opening permit the camera to be inserted therethrough and removed therethrough, so that said synthetic skin transparent portion performs the double function of (1) permitting the user to see said camera rear viewing screen when said camera is within said synthetic skin and (2) forming a removable opening for the insertion into said synthetic skin of said camera and for its removal therefrom; and wherein said synthetic skin is flexible enough to permit stretching thereof for the insertion of the camera through said synthetic skin opening, and said synthetic skin is of a thickness and elasticity to allow said function members to be operated by a user pressing the corresponding portions of said synthetic skin.