Mounting means for camera accessories

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A CAMERA HOUSING AND MEANS REMOVABLY CONNECTING SAID HOUSING AND AN ACCESSORY ONE TO THE OTHER, COMPRISING (A) A FIRST MEMBER SECURED TO SAID HOUSING, (B) A SECOND MEMBER SECURED TO SAID ACCESSORY, (C) ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A SOCKET, (D) THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING THEREON A HEAD REMOVABLY SEATED IN SAID SOCKET, (E) SAID ONE MEMBER HAVING IN ITS SOCKET A FIRST CONICAL INTERNAL SURFACE, AND SAID HEAD HAVING A SECOND, MATING CONICAL EXTERNAL SURFACE SLIDABLY FITTING INTO SAID SOCKET TO SEAT TO SAID FIRST SURFACE TO LIMIT THE ENTRY OF SAID HEAD INTO SAID SOCKET, (F) SAID HEAD HAVING THEREON A THIRD CONICAL EXTERNAL SURFACE COAXIAL WITH THE OTHER TWO CONICAL SURFACES, WHEN SAID HEAD IS SEATED IN SAID SOCKET, AND OPPOSITELY DISPOSED TO SAID SECOND SURFACE AND SPACED AXIALLY THEREFROM, AND (G) A THIRD MEMBER ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED IN SAID ONE MEMBER AND DISPOSED TO PROJECT INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD SURFACES WITHOUT ENGAGING SAID SECOND SURFACE, AND HAVING A LOCKING SURFACE FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SAID THIRD CONICAL SURFACE RELEASABLY TO HOLD SAID HEAD AGAINST MOVEMENT IN SAID SOCKET.