Camera assembly

Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A GENERALLY U-SHAPED FRAME REMOVABLY POSITIONABLE ABOVE A SUPPORT SURFACE AND LYING GENERALLY IN A PREDETERMINED PLANE TO BE SPACE FROM AND ABOVE SAID SUPPORT SURFACE, SAID U-SHAPED FRAME BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND ONLY PARTIALLY ABOUT AND DEFINE A PREDETERMINED AREA TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AT WHICH SAID SUPPORT SURFACE IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE FRAME FROM ABOVE, SAID U-SHAPED FRAME HAVING TWO GENERALLY PARALLEL ARMS EXTENDING ALONG TWO OPPOSIDE SIDES OF SAID AREA, AND A GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR CROSS PIECE EXTENDING ALONG A THIRD SIDE OF THE AREA AND CONNECTED AT OPPOSITE ENDS TO FIRST ENDS OF SAID ARMS, SAID FRAME BEING OPEN AT A FOURTH SIDE OF SAID AREA OPPOSITE SAID THIRD SIDE AND BETWEEN SECOND ENDS OF SAID ARMS, A STRUCTURE CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID FRAME, AN ESSENTIALLY PIVOTAL CONNECTION AT A LOCATION CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID PLANE TO THE FRAME AND ATTACHING SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING STRUCTURE TO SAID CROSS PIECE OF THE FRAME TO THE REAR OF AND SPACED FROM SAID OPEN SIDE AND NEAR SAID PLANE OF THE FRAME AND AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CROSS PIECE, A CAMERA CARRIED BY SAID STRUCTURE AT A LOCATION SPACED ABOVE SAID FRAME, SAID CAMERA BEING DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY AND POSITIONED TO PHOTOGRAPHY SAID SUPPORT SURFACE AT SAID AREA THROUGH SAID FRAME, AND SHORT LEGS ON SAID FRAME PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM AND BEYOND SAID PLANE OF THE FRAME TO ENGAGE SAID SURFACE AND SUPPORT THE FRAME THEREON BUT SPACED APART TO ENGAGE SAID SURFACE AT ONLY SPACED LOCALIZED AREAS, SAID CAMERA HAVING A LENS FOCUSED TO MAINTAIN IN FOCUS ON A FILM IN THE CAMERA IMAGES OF OBJECTS LYING IN SAID PLANE AS WELL AS OBJECTS SPACED AS LOW AS THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEGS, AND OBJECTS VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID PLANE AND THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEGS.