Patent ID: 7263284

Claim:
A protective housing assembly for a camera, said housing assembly having: a carrier member securable to a support, said carrier member having a rear face which can be fitted flush with a flat front face on a support, a tubular protective member detachably secured at a rear end to the carrier member, a front end cap detachably secured to a front end of the tubular protective member, the front end cap having a transparent window, and the carrier member having a camera mounting member which enables a camera to be detachably secured thereto whereby the camera is located within the tubular protective member and oriented to receive light from the exterior through the transparent window of the front end cap, the carrier member also having an aperture through which a camera control cable passes in sealing manner from the camera towards the exterior, and the carrier member also having a cut out communicating with the aperture and the side periphery of the carrier member and through which the cable passes so as to leave the assembly through the side of the carrier member.