Camera control attachment

Claim 1

IN A CAMERA CONTROL ATTACHMENT SUITABLE FOR CONNECTION TO A TRIPOD ATTACHMENT ON THE BASE OF A CAMERA, A PLURALITY OF DRY CELLS, FIRST COMPARTMENT MEANS FOR CONTAINING SAID DRY CELLS, RELAY MEANS, SWITCH MEANS, SECOND COMPARTMENT MEANS ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT MEANS FOR CONTAINING SAID RELAY MEANS AND SAID SWITCH MEANS, CONNECTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OUTER WALL OF ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENT MEANS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FROM SAID CONTROL ATTACHMENT TO SAID CAMERA, MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID SWITCH MEANS, SAID RELAY MEANS, SAID DRY CELLS AND SAID CONNECTOR MEANS, LEDGE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID COMPARTMENT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CAMERA, SAID LEDGE MEANS HAVING AN APERTURE IN THE BOTTOM PORTION THEREOF, THE BOTTOM PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AND SAID LEDGE MEANS FORMING A BROAD SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE, AND MEANS FOR JOINING SAID CAMERA TO SAID LEDGE MEANS, SAID MEANS FOR JOINING COMPRISING A SCREW RUNNING THROUGH THE APERTURE IN SAID LEDGE MEANS AND ENGAGING THE TRIPOD ATTACHMENT OF SAID CAMERA, THE HEAD OF SAID SCREW BEING RECESSED INTO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID LEDGE MEANS.