Abstract: An electronic tablet magnifying case device protects an electronic tablet and supports the tablet in a use position proximate a magnifying lens to reduce eye strain. The device includes a base and a first panel pivotally coupled to and extending from a first lateral side of the base. Each of a plurality of brackets is coupled to the first panel wherein an electronic tablet is couplable to the first panel on an interior face of the first panel. A second panel is pivotally coupled to and extends from a second lateral side. The second panel includes a magnifying lens pivotable to a use position wherein the magnifying lens is directed towards the interior face of the first panel when the first panel is in an extended position relative to the base.

Abstract: 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, retractable cord is biasly secured to and stored within a mount member, the mount member affixable to any flat surface, the mount member having a securing member for securing the magnifying glass to the mount when not in use, the magnifying glass selectively removable from the mount member and transportable for a distance equal to the length of the flexible, retractable cord stored in the mount member, the return of the magnifying glass to the mount member, causing slack in the flexible, retractable cord, such that it is rewound or retracted within the mount member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to attachable magnification devices. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a magnification device mountable on file folders or other organizational items. In one embodiment of the present invention, an attachable magnification device comprises a base portion, a substantially transparent or translucent magnifying surface, a means for removably attaching the attachable magnification device to a host article, and a label holding portion defined between the base portion and the magnifying surface.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: An image-taking optical system according to the present invention for forming an image of a two-dimensional object on an image-taking surface comprises a plurality of reflecting surfaces which reflect light from the two-dimensional object sequentially and guides the light to the image-taking surface, and a reference axis passing through the center of the pupil of the image-taking system and the center of the optical image formed on the image-taking surface is inclined with respect to the normal line of the two-dimensional object. The present invention provides an image-taking optical system which achieves a reduction in size, ensures a ratio of an amount of peripheral light, allows correction of trapezoidal distortion of a formed image, and is suitable for oblique image-taking.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a camera and a structured light pattern in a platenless document imaging system (1) to capture the image of a page or of a bound book together with depth information that can be inferred from the light pattern.

Abstract: A food/drink tab/check holder for making it easier for the customer to be able to read one's tab/check upon the receipt thereof. The food/drink tab/check holder includes a book having a front cover and a back cover being pivotally connected to the front cover and closable upon said front cover with the front cover having a side facing the back cover upon the book being closed and with the back cover having a side facing the front cover upon the book being closed; and also includes a tab/check member including a piece of paper being removably held within the book and having indicia displayed thereupon; and further includes an elongate magnifying member being movably attached to the book for enlarging the indicia for a user to easily view without having to use eyeglasses; and also includes a light-emitting assembly being attached to the book for providing light between the front and back covers upon the book being opened; and further includes a writing utensil being removably supported upon the book.

Abstract: An adjustable table magnifier, designed to allow users to commonly use it after focusing in accordance with their visual powers, is disclosed. This adjustable table magnifier, has a base unit, an adjustable arm unit mounted to the base unit at its lower end and having a telescopic structure to be adjustable in its length, and a lens unit mounted to the upper end of the adjustable arm unit, and used for magnifying an object. In the table magnifier, the focus length of the lens unit is adjustable by controlling the length of the arm unit.

Abstract: A flat transparent envelope has a rectangular, transparent cover sheet and a rectangular, preferably transparent backsheet. The cover sheet and backsheet are preferably flexible films that are joined together along at least two but no more than three of the sheet edges so that the envelope is open along at least one of the sheet edges and the edges of the joined sheets are situated in the envelope plane. The transparent cover sheet and backsheet may advantageously be entirely formed of a magnifying material.

Abstract: A testing stand for printing plates has an upright frame, a printing plate support having opposed lateral ends, and guide members connected to the opposed lateral ends of the printing plate support. The guide members engage the frame and connect the printing plate support to the frame so that the printing plate support is vertically moveable. A magnifying glass carriage is slidably connected to the printing plate support. An illumination device is connected to the frame.

Abstract: The present version of the invention relates to the field of reading stands in general. This version of the invention discloses a portable stand that provides a magnifier for either writing or reading so that the user can engage in either activity and be afforded magnification of the written or printed page in a variety of locations and circumstances. The invention consists of a side support member, rear support member, and magnifying panel. The panel and support embers are manufactured of material that is clear, durable, scratch resistant, and rigid, such as acrylic or the like. The support members are rectangular in shape and are formed with a plurality of mounting grooves that run in parallel along the longitudinal axis of the support members. The side support member is formed with a retaining groove placed near the vertical or shorter edge of the member for receipt of the rear support member in tongue and groove fashion.

Abstract: 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 readable. In one form of the invention a flat sheet type lens, such as a Fresnel lens, is supported for linear movement and for pivotal movement by a pivot frame structure to enable movement of the lens from a stored position between the pages of the booklet to a position for use and to be selectively positioned at a desired distance from and in parallel relation to a page of the booklet for magnification of the print or other images thereon. The magnification system may be releasably attachable to conventional booklets or in the alternative may be disposed in fixed assembly with the structure of the booklet.

Abstract: 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 readable. In one form of the invention a flat sheet type lens, such as a Fresnel lens, is supported for linear movement and for pivotal movement by a pivot frame structure to enable movement of the lens from a stored position between the pages of the booklet to a position for use and to be selectively positioned at a desired distance from and in parallel relation to a page of the booklet for magnification of the print or other images thereon. The magnification system may be releasably attachable to conventional booklets or in the alternative may be disposed in fixed assembly with the structure of the booklet.