Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With viewed object support
Patent
1991-11-13
1993-07-20
Arnold, Bruce Y.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With viewed object support
359811, 359815, 248467, G02B 2702, A47F 114
Patent
active
052298884
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a reflection aid intended to increase the ability of users to see, without the inconvenience of spectacles, for example when applying make-up, which comprises an optical lens capable of attachment to a mirror of the kind in question by means of a fastening device.
Problems are faced by persons who are presbyopic (an age-related diminishing ability of the eye to focus), who for various reasons do not wear contact lenses, and who need an optical aid when looking at themselves in a mirror, for example women who wish to apply make-up. The construction disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,996,947, for example, which is intended to be of help when painting, comprises auxiliary optical lenses supported by braces which permit the lenses to be swung up out of a storage box which is capable of attachment to a mirror by means of suction plugs. No possibility is offered, however, to vary the distance between the mirror of the kind in question and said lenses in the position ready for use, and the distance is decidedly fixed, which represents a considerable problem.
The construction disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,970,369 comprises auxiliary optical lenses which are attached along the frame of a mirror, and which nevertheless offer the facility for adjustment to the desired distance from the reflection surface of the mirror of the kind in question. However, this previously disclosed construction is locked to a specific mirror, which exhibits special fastening devices for said auxiliary optical lens/lenses, which does not make the aid easily portable by the user, for example when travelling and when visiting the washroom, for example, and prevents the lens from being attached to the desired mirror on the desired occasions.
The principal object of the present invention is thus, in the first place, to solve said problem with a portable aid which exhibits a simple means of adjustment of the lens in relation to the mirror which is being used.
Said object is achieved by means of a reflection aid of the kind described above, which is characterized essentially in that the aid, which comprises a fastening device capable of easy attachment to and removal from a mirror, also includes a number of arms which are pivotally attached to one another via articulated links in such a way that the arms are capable of angular adjustment relative to one another laterally and can be moved between a retracted storage position and an extended position ready for reflection, so that the lens can be set to the desired distance from the mirror.
The invention is described below as a preferred illustrative embodiment, in conjunction with which reference is made to drawings, where
FIG. 1 shows a view from the side of an aid in the extended position in which it is ready for reflection;
FIG. 2 shows a view from above of the aid in the corresponding position;
FIG. 3 shows a view from the front of the aid in the retracted position;
FIG. 4 shows a view from the side of the aid in the retracted position;
FIG. 5 shows a view from the side of the aid in the retracted and raised storage position;
FIGS. 6-6B show a lens attachment from a side view, a front view and a top view, respectively;
FIGS. 7-7A show an attachment arm from a side view and a front view, respectively;
FIGS. 8-8B show an auxiliary optical lens from the front, in section and in detail;
FIGS. 9-9A show an attachment for a mirror attachment device from a front view and a side view, respectively;
FIGS. 10-10B show an articulation rivet viewed from the side, in section and in detail.
A reflection aid 1 in accordance with the present invention, which is intended to increase the ability of users 2 of the aid 1 to see, without having to suffer the inconvenience of wearing spectacles, for example when applying make-up, which comprises an optical lens 3 capable of attachment to a mirror 4 of the kind in question by means of a fastening device 5, includes means 6 which permit the lens 3, when it is attached to the mirror attachment device 5 in the reflection position A in which it
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Bjorck Anders
Gustafsson Anders
Arnold Bruce Y.
Nguyen Thong
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