Claims
- 1. A camera comprising a taking lens having an integral collar, a main body portion including a rigid fixed lens-support for said taking lens, and a front cover portion for said main body portion including an integral lens-surround arranged at least opposite said collar to leave a space between said lens-surround and the collar, is characterized in that:
- said lens-surround can be forcibly depressed into said space towards said taking lens; and
- a plurality of resilient compliant lens-retaining means, interconnects said lens-surround and said collar within said space, each for elastically urging said taking lens against said lens support and for providing increased resistance when the lens-surround is forcible depressed into said space to prevent the lens-surround from moving the taking lens.
- 2. A camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said lens-retaining means includes several compliant protuberances joined to said lens-surround via respective integral hinges to permit said protuberances to be formed extending from the lens-surround but to be folded against a back-stop of the lens-surround in order to urge said taking lens against said lens-support.
- 3. A camera as recited in claim 2, wherein each one of said protuberances has a substantially u-shaped portion which extends sideways in said space to make one leg of said u-shaped portion bear against said collar and another leg of the u-shaped portion bear against said back-stop when the protuberances are folded against the back-stop.
- 4. A camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said lens-surround is dome-shaped and has a centered lens opening.
- 5. A method of assembling a camera comprising placing a taking lens on a rigid immobile lens-support, and positioning a lens-surround opposite the taking lens to leave a space between the lens-surround and the taking lens, is characterized in that:
- several compliant protuberances extending from the lens-surround are folded within the space against a back-stop of the lens-surround to urge the taking lens against the lens-support.
- 6. A method of assembling a camera as recited in claim 5, wherein the protuberances are folded at respective living hinge connections to the lens-surround.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Reference is made to commonly assigned copending application Ser. No. 08/419,329, entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING FIRST-AVAILABLE FILM FRAME FOR TEST EXPOSURE IN ONE-TIME-USE CAMERA and filed Apr. 10, 1995 in the names of Douglas E. Kucmerowski and Anthony L. DiGaetano.
The cross-referenced application is incorporated into this application.
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