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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7667903 | Retractably mounted magnifying glass assembly A magnifying glass having a frame with gripping means, the frame forming the periphery of a magnifying glass formed of a clear plastic polycarbonate, the frame having an attachment member for attachment of a biased, retractable, flexible cord, which flexible, retrac... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7630149 | Container indicia magnifier A magnifying assembly for use in enlarging information disposed on a container. In a preferred embodiment, the magnifying assembly comprises a container holder assembly for holding the container; and a magnifying lens coupled to the container holder assembly, wherei... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7558009 | Magna eye A magnifier for greatly assisting in enlarging print to make it readable to a viewer. The magnifier having a base comprising welded aluminum. The magnifier housing being adjustable to provide the lens and reading material to be properly aligned for viewing. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7548386 | Magnifying glass with light for handheld electronic device A magnifying glass for magnifying a portable electronic device (e.g., PDA, or mobile phone) held by the hand is disclosed. In one embodiment the magnifying glass includes a spring-biased clamp adapted to fasten the thumb of either hand and having an extension; a lig... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7529042 | Magnifying viewer and projector for portable electronic devices The invention provides a mechanical viewing structure or theater for viewing small screens associated with personal electronic devices. The viewing structure is made of four semi-rigid trapezoid shaped walls joined together to form a hollow trapezoidal viewing struc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7495846 | Adjustable computer monitor optical device An adjustable optical device for a computer monitor having an optical surface such as a magnifying lens or glare filter, and a pair of upper and lower arms. The upper arms retain the optical device to the monitor by having a rearwardly extending portion that rest on... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7471467 | Cell phone/magnification system A magnifying glass has a size essentially equal to the size of a display panel of a cell phone or other digital device. A coupling assembly has an interior. The interior is adapted to be coupled with respect to a cell phone. The coupling assembly has an exterior. Th... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471466 | Portable magnifier for hand-held portable electronic device A portable magnifier has a support member having a support surface for removably supporting a portable electronic device having a display. A holder has a pair of holding portions and is connected to the support member for undergoing pivotal movement relative to the ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7430080 | Inclined reading magnification stand A portable magnification stand includes a lower inner plane area surrounded by and held in place by a lower coplanar support material. A back pair of adjustable arms and a front pair of adjustable arms are mounted to the lower planar base unit and an upper planar le... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7414798 | Magnifier with slidable cover A magnifying assembly comprising a housing; a magnifying lens coupled to the housing; and a cover slidable along the housing; wherein the cover is slidable relative to the housing in a first direction so as to cover at least part of the magnifying lens and slidable ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400459 | Operating room magnifier An operating room magnifier is adapted to utilize an operating room light source and may be sterilized to allow use on a sterile field. The magnifier comprises a base, a neck, and a lens frame. The lens frame holds a lens and receives a light connected to the light ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7359128 | Supplementary lens for viewing a video or computer screen A device (5) for viewing a display screen (2), including a large-area visual medium (1) that can be placed in front of the display screen (2), characterised in that the visual medium (2) has a focal length f of at least 615 mm. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7345831 | Magnifier with lamp A card-shaped pocket magnifier device includes a magnifying lens having a pair of opposite optical surfaces. A housing disposed in a recess in the lens, or within a card-shaped envelope of the device, encloses LEDs, a battery and a switch connected by an electrical ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339754 | Switching illuminating tweezers with magnifier An apparatus and method for improving local illumination by a personal care implement, such as tweezers, tongs, pinchers and the like. The apparatus includes a first arm terminating at one end in a first gripping edge; a second arm, coupled to and biased away from s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339755 | Ring device with optical focusing mechanism A ring device is adapted for wearing on at least one finger of a user. The ring device includes a wearable main body portion and an optical member that is moveably affixed thereto. The optical member can be positioned in at least two positions: a viewing position, a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336896 | Display magnifier for digital camera A display magnifier for digital cameras is removably mounted to a camera using a screw tightened into a standard threaded tripod hole under the camera. A photographer views the display through the magnifier. When it is not in use, the magnifier can be folded for sav... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7304809 | Magnification screen for books, magazines and like bound literary works A magnifying screen includes a frame with a length to width ratio that is smaller than that of a page and has a hollow opening covering a major portion of a surface thereof. A tassel is coupled to a top ledge of the frame and protrudes beyond a top edge of the liter... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302473 | Internet information displaying apparatus and internet information displaying method An Internet information displaying apparatus comprising character signal generating means for generating a character signal and displaying it on the screen of the displaying means, and character signal generation controlling means for detecting the state of transmis... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286306 | Portable multimedia based AV player with magnifying lens A portable device includes a body including an L-shaped first member including a battery compartment, and a second member hingedly coupled to rear of the first member, the second member including a projection adapted to secure to an AV player, and a well for receivi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277240 | Intermediately mounted magnification apparatus A magnification apparatus having a magnifier and mechanical structure that is configured for securing the magnifier intermediately between a universally positionable mounting apparatus and a bracket of a type configured for holding an electronic device using fastene... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277239 | Magnification mechanism for viewing an electronic display A magnifier for viewing a display of a device that is external to the magnifier, the magnifier is formed having an optical magnifying lens of a type that is structured for optically magnifying an external view that is optically visible there through, and includes me... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277241 | Machine for optical assistance in reading checks A machine for magnifying a check with a freshnel lens, a front cover and back cover hingably connected, to hold a credit card bill or restaurant check, to hold a credit card, to hold a writing utensil, and to illuminate the credit card bill or restaurant check. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274520 | Magnification device for timepiece The device consists in compensating for the distortion of the characters marked on the dial caused by a lens, by writing the characters with a reverse pin cushion or barrel distortion. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273289 | Vacuum compatible, high-speed, 2-D mirror tilt stage A compact and vacuum compatible magnetic-coil driven tiltable stage that is equipped with a high efficiency reflective coating can be employed as a scanner in EUV applications. The drive electronics for the scanner is fully in situ programmable and rapidly switchabl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274521 | Integral screen magnifier An integral screen magnifier for the display of a portable electronic device. The magnifier either is the display of a faceplate of the device or is integrally connected to the faceplate. The screen magnifier is arranged to provide effective magnification of text an... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264361 | Electric apparatus An electric apparatus has an enlarging display unit including a lens portion corresponding to a screen of a liquid crystal display that is a display part of the electric apparatus, and a slide portion attached on a frame portion and moving up or down the lens portio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256951 | Light guide display with protective layer Provided is a light guide display with a protective layer. The light guide display includes a plurality of aligned magnifying layers providing a viewing surface. Each magnifying layer includes a plurality of light guides, each light guide having an input end, a mids... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250947 | Method and device for constructing and viewing a computer model image The invention relates to a method and a device for constructing and viewing a computer model image. The invention comprises the following steps: at least one zone of the image is selected; the part of the image that is located outside the selected zone (2) is... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246781 | Swivel stand with side slot and suction cup base A stand for supporting a vibrator/massaging device provides a swiveling and pivoting relationship through a ball joint connection between the massaging device and the base stand. The base stand comprises a suction cup bottom which enables attachment to a variety of ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230648 | Image sensing apparatus and method of focusing and enlarging/reducing the in-focus image data on a display device Disclosed is a digital still camera in which focusing can be checked easily even if a display device constituting the viewfinder is comparatively small. When a shutter-release button is pressed half-way, focusing is performed and the image in a focusing zone is made... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218463 | Magnifying assembly A magnifying assembly includes a plate with a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. The plate is mountable to a planar surface. A panel has a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge wherein the first and second edges are positio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7175274 | Combination sunglasses and reading eyeglasses An eyeglasses assembly includes an eyeglass frame, a temple member, a first lens and a second lens. The first lens is connected to the frame and is positioned to allow a wearer of the frame to look through the first lens. The second lens is moveably connected to the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172305 | Magnifier having slideably mounted camera A magnifier for use by people with low vision includes a large LCD display upon which an enlarged image appears. Light from an LED is directed in a first direction onto a deflection wall where it is deflected into a direction substantially orthogonal to the first di... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172304 | Illuminator having forward lighting A box-like illuminator includes a top wall having a flat sheet of clear material through which an illuminated image is viewed. A bottom wall of the illuminator is also formed of a flat sheet of clear material and is positioned atop the object to be illuminated. Ligh... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168821 | Lens assembly with light mountable on head covering Provided is a device mountable on a head covering. The device comprises a flexible clamp comprising an elongated gap open to its rear, a lower receptacle, two recessed slides at both outer sides of the receptacle, and a toothed-section on a top of the receptacle; a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161747 | One piece clear plastic cardholder, cardholder shaped fresnel magnifying lens and method of making the same Disclosed is a cardholder with dimensions approximating a standardized card carried by a person, the cardholder being made of a one-piece clear plastic material and may contain a viewing portion having fresnel contour lines and at least a pair of folded edges which ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139136 | Handheld illuminating magnifier An illuminated magnifying device comprises an elongated magnifying lens, a light source, and an elongated light pipe disposed along the magnifying lens operable to receive light emitted from the light source and direct the light outwardly from the light pipe and dis... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7126769 | Thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket A thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket, including a transparent magnifying member, a magnetic jacket and a pivot member. The transparent magnifying member integrally has a magnifier and is movably clipped and hidden in the magnetic jacket. The tr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113651 | Multi-spectral miniature microscope array A multi-spectral miniature microscope objective imaging system for a miniature microscope array includes one or more illuminating light sources for illuminating an object with light including multiple spectral bands, a multi-spectral imaging miniature microscope obj... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7088519 | Zoom lens system The object is to provide a zoom lens system having a zoom ratio of 2.5 or more, compactness and high optical performance, applicable to a plurality of imaging devices with different image heights. According to one aspect of the present invention, a zoom lens system ... | 08/08/2006 |