Camera accessory

Claim 1

A CAMERA ACCESSORY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVENTIONAL CAMERA HAVING A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL FORMAT, COMPRISING: A GRIP HAVING A HANDLE FORMED AND ANGLED TO SUIT THE ANATOMICAL FEATURES OF THE HUMAN HAND IN A COMFORTABLE HOLDING POSITION, ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR ASSOCIATING SAID GRIP IN A POSITION UNDER AND PROXIMATE TO SAID MANUAL ADJUSTING LENS WHEN PICTURES ARE BEING TAKEN IN A VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL FORMAT, SAID ADJUSTABLE MEANS CONSTRAINING MOVEMENT OF SAID GRIP BETWEEN ITS VARIOUS POSITIONS, SAID GRIP BEING SELECTABLY POSITIONABLE IN BOTH A FIRST GRIP RETAINING POSITION AND A SECOND GRIP RETAINING POSITION, SAID FIRST GRIP RETAINING POSITION DESIGNATING THE LOCATION OF SAID GRIP AS BEING PROXIMATELY DISPOSED AND UNDER SAID LENS WHEREBY IT CAN BE MAINTAINED IN SAID HAND IN ORDER THAT A PICTURE WITH A HORIZONTAL FORMAT CAN BE TAKEN BY FOCUSING AND SUPPORTING SAID CAMERA WITH SAID HAND, SAID SECOND GRIP RETAINING POSITION DESIGNATING THE LOCATION OF SAID GRIP AS BEING DISPOSED IN THE SAME MANNER AS SAID FIRST GRIP RETAINING POSITION IN ORDER THAT PICTURES WITH A VERTICAL FORMAT CAN BE TAKEN, SAID GRIP BEING DISPOSABLE TO ENABLE THE HANDLE OF THE GRIP TO BE MAINTAINED IN ONE HAND IN A MANNER THAT PERMITS THE THUMB AND AT LEAST ONE FINGER TO MANIPULATE SAID MANUAL LENS ADJUSTING MEANS IN BOTH SAID FIRST AND SECOND GRIP RETAINING POSITIONS, AND MEANS FOR SELECTABLY LOCKING SAID GRIP IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND GRIP RETAINING POSITIONS, WHEREBY SAID CAMERA CAN BE FOCUSED AND SUPPORTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ONE HAND AND PICTURES CAN BE TAKEN IN BOTH THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL FORMATS.