Camera with a retractable hand grip

Claim 1

IN A CAMERA HAVING A CASING MEMBER CONTAINING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND A SHUTTER AND CONTROL MECHANISM SELECTIVELY MOVABLE FROM AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION TO ACTUATE SAID SHUTTER, A SLIDABLE CLOSURE ELEMENT STRUCTURE, A SLIDABLE TRIGGER-SUPPORT BLOCK, A FILM-TRIGGER ELEMENT SUPPORTED UPON THE BLOCK AND ADAPTED FOR SELECTING SAID OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS OF THE SHUTTER CONTROL MECHANISM, SAID SLIDABLE CLOSURE ELEMENT STRUCTURE BEING MOVABLY SECURED TO THE CASING FOR HOLDING THE TRIGGER SUPPORT BLOCK ADJACENT THERETO, SAID SLIDABLE CLOSURE ELEMENT BEING ALSO ADAPTED TO BE MOVED BETWEEN TWO LIMITING POSITIONS, MEANS SUPPORTED ON THE SLIDABLE CLOSURE STRUCTURE FOR MOVING THE TRIGGERSUPPORTING BLOCK BETWEEN A FIRST LIMITING POSITION WHEREIN THE SUPPORTED TRIGGER IS INOPERATIVE TO CONTROL THE SHUTTERCONTROL MECHANISM AND TO A SECOND LIMITING POSITION WHEREIN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRIGGER AND THE SHUTTER CONTROL MECHANISM IS OPERATIVE, SAID SLIDABLE CLOSURE ELEMENT IN ITS FIRST LIMITING POSITION FORMING A CLOSURE FOR ONE PORTION OF THE CASING AND IN ITS SECOND LIMITING POSITION PROVIDING A SUPPORT HANDLE FOR THE CAMERA, THE SAID HANDLE HAVING A RECESS THEREIN FOR PERMITTING MANUAL CONTACT OF THE TRIGGER IN THE SECOND LIMITING POSITION.