Abstract: A magnifying device for use with a hand-held video display apparatus or the like having a generally rectangular housing and a video display visually observable from externally of the housing. The magnifying device includes a frame adapted for releasable mounting on the video display housing, and has a magnifying lens adapted to overlie the video display and effect magnification of the video display during operation when the magnifying device is mounted on the video display apparatus.

Abstract: A compact generally rectangular slim profile housing for a hand-held video display device or apparatus wherein the housing has front and back housing portions adapted for interfitting relation along marginal peripheral edges, and wherein the back housing portion has a concave surface enabling the housing to be nested or cradled on the user's thigh when in a sitting position so as to assist in stabilizing the video device without inhibiting manipulation of the controls and visual observation of a video screen exposed through the front housing portion.

Abstract: A magnifying device for use with a hand-held video display apparatus or the like having a generally rectangular housing and a video display visually observable from externally of the housing. The magnifying device includes a frame adapted for releasable mounting on the video display housing, and has a magnifying lens adapted to overlie the video display and effect magnification of the video display during operation when the magnifying device is mounted on the video display apparatus.