Optical: systems and elements – Glare or unwanted light reduction – Display window
Patent
1996-12-26
1999-05-04
Nguyen, Thong
Optical: systems and elements
Glare or unwanted light reduction
Display window
359601, G02B 2700
Patent
active
059009799
ABSTRACT:
A computer monitor hood comprises top, left side and right side shading panels each having an outwardly facing surface, a monitor facing surface, front, rear, left and right side edges. A counterweight receiving portion is disposed on the computer monitor and has a first slip-resistant surface. A counterweight having a second slip-resistant surface is selectively manually placeable in any one of a plurality of front-to-rear positions on the counterweight receiving portion, with the first and second slip-resistant surfaces being in cooperating engagement one with the other so as to retain the counterweight in any selected position, thereby balancing the computer monitor hood at a selected position on the computer monitor such that the top, left side, and right side shading panels each project forwardly from the front of the computer monitor, at the respective of the top, left side, and right side surfaces of the computer monitor, so as to shade the screen of the computer monitor. In another embodiment, the top shading panel includes a substantially rigid external layer, and a compliant layer of easily displaceable material disposed on the top shading panel opposite the outwardly facing surface, which compliant layer conforms to the shape of the contacted portion of the monitor, thereby receiving the monitor in seated relation, thus keeping the monitor hood in place. In yet another embodiment, a elastic member or a spring member biases the left and right shading panels into frictional contact with said left and right side surfaces of the monitor.
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Heller David
Heller Philip
Hewson Donald E.
Nguyen Thong
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