Claims
- 1. An underwater one-time-use camera comprising:a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part, said front housing part having a plurality of lugs, said rear housing part having a plurality of first catch portions; a frame assembly disposed within said housing, said frame assembly having a plurality of second catch portions; wherein said lugs engage respective said first catch portions and are disposed to engage respective said second catch portions when said rear housing part is removed.
- 2. The camera of claim 1 wherein catch portions of said rear housing part are internal to said housing and said catch portions of said frame assembly are external to said frame assembly.
- 3. The camera of claim 1 wherein said front housing part has a viewport and said attachment portion holds said frame assembly in closely spaced relation to said viewport.
- 4. The camera of claim 1 wherein said frame assembly has a light-tight film space and a film door closing said film space.
- 5. The camera of claim 1 further comprising a film unit disposed in said film space.
- 6. The camera of claim 1 wherein said catch portions of said frame assembly are outwardly extending flanges.
- 7. The camera of claim 1 wherein said catch portions of said rear housing part are eye-tabs.
- 8. An underwater one-time-use camera comprising:a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part, said front housing part having a viewport, said front housing part having a back opening, said front housing part having a plurality of lugs, said rear housing part having attached and detached states, said rear housing part in said attached state releaseably closing said back opening, said rear housing part in said detached state being removed from said back opening, said rear housing part having a plurality of first catch portions; a frame assembly disposed within said housing, said frame assembly having a taking lens unit covered by said viewport, said frame assembly having a plurality of second catch portions; wherein said lugs engage respective said first catch portions when said rear housing part is in said attached state, and said lugs engage respective said second catch portions when said rear housing part is in said detached state.
- 9. The camera of claim 8 wherein said frame assembly having a light-tight film space and a film door closing said film space, and said film door is openable through said back opening, when said rear housing part is in said detached state.
- 10. The camera of claim 8 wherein said lugs hold said frame assembly within said front housing part with said taking lens unit covered by viewport, when said rear housing part is in said detached state.
- 11. The camera of claim 8 wherein catch portions of said rear housing part are internal to said housing and said catch portions of said frame assembly are external to said frame assembly.
- 12. A method for unloading a one-time-use camera comprising the steps of:removing a plurality of lugs of a front housing part from a plurality of catch portions of a rear housing part to release said rear housing part from said front housing part; following said removing of said lugs, opening a film door of a frame assembly; following said removing of said lugs and said opening, removing a film unit; during and following said opening and removing, retaining said frame assembly in said front housing part; detaching a winding knob following said retaining; and removing said lugs from a plurality of catch portions of said frame assembly to release said frame assembly from said front housing part following said detaching.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein catch portions of said rear housing part are internal to said housing and said catch portions of said frame assembly are external to said frame assembly.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein said catch portions of said frame assembly are outwardly extending flanges.
- 15. The camera of claim 14 wherein said catch portions of said rear housing part are eye-tabs.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to commonly assigned, U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 10/036,723, entitled: TWO-SHOT MOLDED SEAL INTEGRITY INDICATOR, UNDERWATER CAMERA, AND METHOD, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Craig A. Baker, and Wayne E. Stiehler; Ser. No. 10/027,291, entitled: DEPRESSURIZED UNDERWATER ONE-TIME-USE CAMERA WITH SEAL INTEGRITY INDICATOR AND METHOD, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Craig A. Baker, and Wayne E. Stiehler; Ser. No. 10/027,287, entitled: CAMERA AND UNDERWATER HOUSING HAVING TWO-SHOT MOLDED KNOB SEAT, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Craig A. Baker, and Wayne E. Stiehler; Ser. No. 10/027,379, entitled: UNDERWATER CAMERA HOUSING HAVING SEALED PIVOTABLE SHUTTER ACTUATOR AND METHOD, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Craig A. Baker, and Wayne E. Stiehler; Ser. No. 10/027,284, entitled: UNDERWATER CAMERA HAVING VIEWPORTS BEARING ON VIEWFINDER TUNNEL OF FRAME, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Wayne E. Stiehler, and Craig A. Baker, Ser. No. 10/027,294, entitled: DUAL ACTION SHUTTER RELEASE WITH THUMBWHEEL BRAKE AND METHODS, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Wayne E. Stiehler, Stephen J. Smith, and Craig A. Baker, Ser. No. 29/153,013, entitled: UNDERWATER HOUSING ASSEMBLY, filed Dec. 21, 2001 in the names of Stephen J. Smith, Wayne E. Stiehler, Edwin J. Khang, and Jeffrey S. Eng.
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