Privacy shutter for computer camera with finger grip

1. A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:

a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device;

b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame between:

i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed in a first position with respect to the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device; and

ii) an open position in which the screen is disposed in a different second position with respect to the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device; and

c) a fingertip grip coupled to the screen and comprising a low-profile dome having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile.

2. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the fingertip grip has an exposed surface that is tacky.

3. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

indicium carried by the fingertip grip.

4. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 3 , further comprising:

the dome being at least translucent; and

the indicium being disposed underneath the dome and visible therethrough.

5. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

a cavity in the screen facing outwardly with respect to the privacy shutter; and

the dome being disposed in the cavity.

6. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 5 , further comprising:

a lip extending from the screen and substantially circumscribing the cavity and the dome.

7. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 6 , wherein an outermost portion of the dome is substantially flush with, or recessed below, an outermost surface of the screen, or an outermost surface of the frame, or both.

8. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 6 , wherein an outermost portion of the dome extends beyond an outermost surface of the screen, or an outermost surface of the frame, or both.

9. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

a) an aperture circumscribed by the frame and configured to expose the camera lens on the computer device; and

b) the screen being movable with respect to the aperture of the frame between:

i) the closed position in which the screen is disposed across the aperture of the frame; and

ii) the open position in which the screen exposes the aperture of the frame.

10. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the screen is a slider slidable with respect to the frame, and further comprising:

a) a channel in an outer side of the frame and extending from the aperture to a perimeter of the frame, the channel having opposite open ends with one open end in the aperture and another open end in the perimeter, the opposite open ends slidably receiving the slider therethrough;

b) the channel having an outer opening and an inner cavity slidably receiving the slider therein, the outer opening of the channel exposing the outer surface of the slider in both the closed and opened positions, the outer opening being narrower than the inner cavity and forming opposite lips extending over the slider to retain the slider in the inner cavity of the channel; and

c) the outer opening of the channel of the frame having a width between the lips less than a width of the aperture of the frame.

11. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 10 , further comprising:

a) a pair of slots in the inner side of the frame on opposite sides of the aperture; and

b) a pair of tabs extending from opposite sides of the slider and extending into the pair of slots, respectively, the pair of tabs slidable in the pair of slots as the slider slides.

12. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

a) a pinion gear with teeth pivotally coupled to the frame;

b) a rack with teeth extending from the screen and engaging the pinion gear;

c) the fingertip grip carried by the pinion gear and pivoting the pinion gear to slide the screen between the open and closed positions.

13. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

a) the screen being pivotally coupled to the frame about a pivot between the frame and the screen;

b) a stop between the screen and the frame to stop the screen from pivoting when in the closed position.

14. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 1 , further in combination with the computer device, wherein the frame is affixed to the surface adjacent the camera lens of the computer device, and wherein the screen is movable between the closed position with the screen disposed over the camera lens and the open position with the camera lens exposed with respect to the screen.

15. A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:

a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device;

b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame between:

i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed in a first position with respect to the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device; and

ii) an open position in which the screen is disposed in a different second position with respect to the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device;

c) a low-profile dome carried by the frame or the screen, and having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile;

d) the dome being at least translucent; and

e) indicium being disposed underneath the dome and visible therethrough.

16. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the dome comprises:

a fingertip grip coupled to the screen and comprising an exposed surface that is tacky.

17. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 15 , further comprising:

a cavity in the screen facing outwardly with respect to the privacy shutter;

the dome being disposed in the cavity;

an outermost portion of the dome is substantially flush with, or recessed below, an outermost surface of the screen, or an outermost surface of the frame, or both.

18. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 15 , further comprising:

a) a channel in an outer side of the frame and extending from the aperture to a perimeter of the frame, the channel having opposite open ends with one open end in the aperture and another open end in the perimeter, the opposite open ends slidably receiving the slider therethrough;

b) the channel having an outer opening and an inner cavity slidably receiving the slider therein, the outer opening of the channel exposing the outer surface of the slider in both the closed and opened positions, the outer opening being narrower than the inner cavity and forming opposite lips extending over the slider to retain the slider in the inner cavity of the channel;

c) the outer opening of the channel of the frame having a width between the lips less than a width of the aperture of the frame;

d) a pair of slots in the inner side of the frame on opposite sides of the aperture; and

e) a pair of tabs extending from opposite sides of the slider and extending into the pair of slots, respectively, the pair of tabs slidable in the pair of slots as the slider slides.

19. The privacy shutter in accordance with claim 15 , further comprising:

a) a pinion gear with teeth pivotally coupled to the frame;

b) a rack with teeth extending from the screen and engaging the pinion gear;

c) the dome carried by the pinion gear and pivoting the pinion gear to slide the screen between the open and closed positions.

20. A privacy shutter configured to selectively cover and expose a camera lens of a computer device, the privacy shutter comprising:

a) a frame with an inner side configured to be affixed to a surface adjacent the camera lens on the computer device, and having an aperture circumscribed by the frame and configured to expose the camera lens on the computer device;

b) a screen movably coupled to the frame and movable with respect to frame and the aperture between:

i) a closed position in which the screen is disposed across the aperture of the frame and is configured to be disposed over the camera lens of the computer device; and

ii) an open position in which the screen exposes the aperture of the frame and is configured to expose the camera lens of the computer device;

c) a cavity in the screen facing outwardly with respect to the privacy shutter;

d) a fingertip grip coupled to the screen and disposed in the cavity of the screen;

e) the fingertip grip comprising a low-profile dome having a broad width greater than a height thereof and a perimeter edge with a curved profile;

f) an outermost portion of the dome is substantially flush with, or recessed below, an outermost surface of the screen, or an outermost surface of the frame, or both;

g) the dome being at least translucent; and

h) indicium being disposed underneath the dome and visible therethrough.