| US 7,595,837 B2 | ||
| Image pickup apparatus and grasp member thereof | ||
| Hisao Kobayashi, Osaka (Japan); Masakazu Okuda, Osaka (Japan); Nobutaka Kanayama, Osaka (Japan); Yoshiaki Akutagawa, Osaka (Japan); and Hidenori Tomita, Hyogo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/402,003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-115321 (JP), filed on Apr. 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0232746 A1, Oct. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03B 17/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—374 [348/373; 348/375; 348/376; 396/419; 396/424; D16/200; D16/205; D16/210; D16/215; D16/220; D16/241; D16/246] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A grasp member of an image pickup apparatus comprising an image pickup apparatus body including a lens barrel unit at a
front end thereof and a display unit at a rear end thereof, the grasp member being joined to a top portion of the image pickup
apparatus body through leg portions, wherein
a body portion of the grasp member is located at a center of gravity in the lateral direction of the image pickup apparatus
and directly above the lens barrel unit, and
a leg portion joined to a front body portion of the grasp member is joined to the image pickup apparatus body at an offset
position on one of lateral sides with respect to an optical axis of light incident on the lens barrel unit.
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