Claims
- 1. A camera comprising a taking lens, and a carry-strap and associated lens cap attached to said camera, is characterized in that:
- said carry-strap is configured to be looped around said camera in order to position said lens cap over said taking lens and, alternatively, to be extended as a closed loop from the camera, with the lens cap not over the taking lens, in order to serve as a wrist or neck strap; and
- engageable means secures said carry-strap looped around said camera and, alternatively as said closed loop extended from the camera.
- 2. A camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said engageable means includes a pair of mating portions of said carry-strap at respective locations for engaging in one direction when the carry-strap is looped around the camera and for engaging in another direction when the carry-strap is extended as a closed loop from the camera.
- 3. A camera comprising a taking lens, and a carry-strap and associated lens cap attached to said camera, is characterized in that:
- said carry-strap is configured to be looped around said camera, in order to position said lens cap over said taking lens and, alternatively, to be extended as a loop from the camera in order for the carry-strap to serve as a wrist or neck strap; and
- engageable means secures said carry-strap looped around said camera and as a loop extended from the camera, and includes a pair of mating portions of said carry-strap at respective locations for engaging in one direction when the carry-strap is looped around the camera and for engaging in another direction when the carry-strap is extended as a closed loop from the camera.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Reference is made to commonly assigned copending application Ser. No. 08/816,974, entitled CAMERA CASING INTEGRATED WITH CARRY-STRAP and filed Mar. 13, 1997 in the names of David Barclay, James G. Rydelek and Albert E. Rieger.
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