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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441355 | Folding trading card with magnifying region A trading card includes a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and a top wall. The front wall retains a viewing lens. The back wall retains an image. The bottom wall extends between the front wall and the back wall. The top wall extends between the front wall and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7317573 | Carton with removable three-dimensional viewer A tray with an upstanding billboard or panel that displays a three-dimensional image is provided by a carton assembly comprising sheet material having fold lines defining parts that are movable to assembled positions presenting a tray for receiving food, beverage or... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7156641 | Mold for forming a contact lens and method of preventing formation of small strands of contact lens material during contact lens manufacture This invention provides a mold for forming a contact lens comprising an overflow collector, which causes the overflow reactive mixture to be accumulated, and not to spread out as it would upon the typically flat surface of a prior art mold. This invention further pr... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6209924 | Aesthetically pleasing greeting card An aesthetically pleasing greeting card having a light transmitting carrier with a scene printed on both sides of the front cover thereof inserted and adhered between two substantially equal sized folded over sections with substantially equal sized cutout... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6055115 | Magnifying map viewer A magnifying map viewer for magnifying a map surface so that it may be easily read by a user. The magnifying map viewer includes a case having top and bottom panels and a perimeter side wall between the top and bottom panels of the case. The top and botto... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5610770 | Magnifying container for printed matter A lens magnification system is provided for booklets, such as restaurant menus, to enable persons having impaired vision or persons in an environment of poor light to magnify the print or other images of the booklet to the extent that it becomes easily re... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603560 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus comprises an illumination device for emitting onto a film an illumination light for projecting the film, an index member for focus adjustment, a moving mechanism for moving the index member to a focus adjusting position where the in... | 02/18/1997 |
| 4973087 | Special effect postcard with integral viewer A mailing card is formed of a single sheet of card stock in which a perforated delineation extends entirely across the sheet of card stock to define first and second portions thereof and to facilitate complete separation of those portions from each other.... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4881334 | Viewer A collapsible, extendable compact information display device includes front, rear, and side rectangular wall panels formed from a unitary blank and joined by self-hinges so as to be transferable between a lay-flat and extended parallelepiped condition. Th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4855725 | Microprocessor based simulated book A user interactive mass storage data access system includes a personal computer (10) and a simulated book (30). A mass storage device, such as a compact disk (CD) read only memory (ROM) (22), is connected to the personal computer, and the computer and the... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846553 | Foldable viewer A foldable viewer includes a front wall having a pair of lens-receiving openings and a pair of optical lenses affixed thereto. A rear wall is included and has a pair of openings over which transparencies depicting stereoscopic images are affixed. The fron... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4733485 | Desktop film viewer A desktop film viewer includes a box-shaped structure consisting of a cover member and a main member fitted with each other, a light transmission diffusion plate provided on the cover member, and a light source and reflectors provided in the main member t... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4589659 | Foldable liquid crystal display unit A liquid crystal display unit (20) includes a main housing (21), a mirror housing (22) and a sub housing (23) which are successively connected with each other in a rotatable manner. The main housing (21) is provided on both sides with a pair of rearwardly... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4574505 | Identification locket An improved identification locket having magnifying lens, a case, a frame for retaining a transparent transcript and means for opening and closing the case, also includes a support for maintaining the lens at a fixed distance from the frame and for preven... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4568080 | Display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising first and second housing portions. The first and second housing portions are coupled so that the angle of the opposing surfaces may be adjustable. A light transmitting portion is formed on the upper surface of... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4558528 | Openable package for a consumer product such as child's meal, with a built-in 3-D viewer feature simulating a theater A consumer package which may be opened-up for removal of a contained product such as a child's meal, is provided with a built-in 3-D viewer feature preferably simulating a theater such as a motion picture theater or television viewing room. To that end, s... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4549785 | Stereo viewer A device for viewing a series of stereoscopic views disposed in pairs in columns on a card (S) comprises a generally flat rectangular body (9). A first pair of channels (14) on the front of the body, disposed on each side of an axis of symmetry of the bod... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4502236 | Card carrying microfilm and associated reading lens A card having an information upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner; a portion carrying a microfilm upon which information is recorded and a portion carrying a lens suitable for reading the microfilm. The card comprises a pap... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4470214 | Display sign for automotive vehicles This display sign is designed for the rear window area of automobiles, so as to display different posters, which reflect light from their faces. The sign may be used for bumper stickers, and may be used for political campaigning, sports, etc. Primarily, t... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4468874 | Identification locket An improved identification locket having magnifying lens, a case, a frame for retaining a transparent transcript and means for opening and closing the case, also includes a support for maintaining the lens at a fixed distance from the frame and for preven... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4435912 | Card carrying microfilm and associated reading lens A card of size suitable for convenient carrying by a person, for example, in a billfold or wallet, the card having an information portion upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner, a portion carrying microfilm upon which informa... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4403216 | Display A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a first and second housing portions. The first and second housing portions are coupled so that the angle of the opposing surfaces may be adjustable. A light transmitting portion is formed on the upper surface o... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4393610 | Card carrying microfilm and associated reading lens and process of forming same A card having an information portion upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner; a portion carrying a microfilm upon which information is recorded and a portion carrying a lens suitable for reading the microfilm. The card is made... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4379628 | Folding transparency (microfiche) viewer The film image is illuminated by the bulb or by ambient light admitted through an aperture on the top of the viewer. The image is projected on a folded light path onto a screen pivotally mounted on the underside of the upper housing to depend into the vie... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4372068 | Rechargeable transparent slide viewer apparatus Apparatus for viewing a transparency includes a rechargeable battery and a telescoping lens housing which moves inwardly and outwardly with respect to a housing in which is disposed the rechargeable battery, a light source, and a solid diffuser/reflector ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4365432 | Foldable viewer A foldable viewer is disclosed herein for presenting a graphic scene, message or the like which includes a square blank sheet of pliable material having a viewing area defined on a selected one of its surface for carrying suitable graphic or display subje... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4242818 | Collapsible photographic slide viewer A collapsible optical viewer is comprised of a front wall having a light-admitting opening therein; a rear wall assembly having a coincident viewing aperture therein; top and bottom walls contiguous with the front and rear walls; and, side walls, one of w... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4197665 | Identification locket An information locket includes an outer housing having substantially parallel front back walls and a partial side wall, and an inner member which is pivotally connected between the front and back walls. The inner member includes a magnifying lens portion ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4122619 | Microfilm-unit and magnifying-glass locket In a preferred embodiment, a locket portably suitable to be worn on a chain or cord around a person's neck, opens as a base and lid, of which the base supports the pivotally opening lid and also from within space thereof a microfilm support carrying remov... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4059913 | Slide display A foldable slide display of folded paperboard material which includes a folded back panel and a viewing box hingedly connected to the back panel for folding movement between an upright condition and a folded collapsed condition and wherein the viewing box... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4038768 | Viewer storing microfiche file binder A binder for filing microfiche cards together with a portable card viewer, said binder having a pair of hinged cover panels connected by a U-shaped assembly and a looseleaf binding mechanism mounted between the sides of said assembly above the back panel ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4000572 | Mailing viewer for slides and the like The disclosed structure is a collapsible integral three-panel flat mailing slide viewer including a removable adapter for viewing film strips. The viewer may be formed for 2-D or 3-D slides.... | 01/04/1977 |
