Camera case with retractable viewfinder

Claim 1

A camera case for enclosing a camera having movable parts for operation thereof and having a lens, the walls of said case defining generally a parallelepipedon and having access openings therein to permit access to movable parts of said camera, said case having front and rear walls for covering front and rear walls of said camera, the front wall of said case having a lens opening therein adjacent the lens of said camera, said case including a retractable view finder having open and closed positions and comprising substantially parallel plate members with opposed orifices therein and joined by a connecting member, said view finder being hingedly attached to a wall of said case which abuts said front wall to permit said view finder to pivot about a line generally parallel to the focal axis of said lens, said case having opposed, substantially parallel slots therein positioned to receive said plate members respectively between said front walls of said camera and case and said rear walls of said camera and case when said view finder is retracted from said open to said closed position.