Patents by Inventor Vaughn D. Wilkins

Vaughn D. Wilkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Binocular eyeglasses for image magnification
    Patent number: 4637696
    Abstract: Binocular eyeglasses are provided for magnification of images, for example, when viewing television or when viewing distant images, such as a sporting event or the like. The binocular eyeglasses comprise a lightweight frame assembly including a lens carrying front frame with rearwardly extending bows permitting the eyeglasses to be worn in a normal manner. The front frame includes eyepiece lenses supported in stationary positions in front of the viewer's eyes and a respective pair of relatively wide-angle and relatively low-power objective lenses movable quickly and easily between close-range and long-range focus setting positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Inventor: Vaughn D. Wilkins
  • System for viewing three dimensional images
    Patent number: 4559556
    Abstract: A viewing system is provided for viewing images with a three-dimensional effect, wherein the system is particularly adapted for viewing television images in full color. The viewing system comprises a filter mat having two juxtaposed polarizing filters for placement over a television viewing screen or other rear surface projection device in substantial registry with two similarly juxtaposed and slightly different images of a common scene or subject. The polarizing filters are oriented on different axes to polarize the light from the two images on different axes. The viewer observes these polarized images through eyeglasses having lens openings covered by polarizing lenses oriented with respect to the polarizing filters of the filter mat such that the two images are respectively observed by the viewer's right and left eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Inventor: Vaughn D. Wilkins
  • Binocular eyeglasses for image magnification
    Patent number: RE33311
    Abstract: Binocular eyeglasses are provided for magnification of images, for example, when viewing television or when viewing distant images, such as a sporting event or the like. The binocular eyeglasses comprise a lightweight frame assembly including a lens carrying front frame with rearwardly extending bows permitting the eyeglasses to be worn in a normal manner. The front frame includes eyepiece lenses supported in stationary positions in front of the viewer's eyes and a respective pair of relatively wide-angle and relatively low-power objective lenses movable quickly and easily between close-range and long-range focus setting positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Vaughn D. Wilkins