Patents by Inventor Alfred J. Galiani

Alfred J. Galiani 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).

  • Patent number: 5610770
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Inventor: Alfred J. Galiani
  • Patent number: 5471347
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Inventor: Alfred J. Galiani