Patents by Inventor Richard A. Lerner

Richard A. Lerner 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).

  • Remote camera viewfinder
    Patent number: 4541698
    Abstract: A remote camera viewfinder has a fiber optic bundle with a fitting at one end adapted to attach to the eyepiece of a camera and a fitting at the other end for allowing a photographer to see through the fiber optic bundle. The camera end fitting has a lens for focusing the image onto the focal plane of the fiber optic bundle. The other fitting includes a lens adjacent to the end of the fiber optic bundle to magnify the image transmitted through the bundle and also includes an eyecup mounted to a helmet or headgear arrangement which holds the eyecup adjacent to the photographer's eye allowing both hands free for manipulation of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Cine-Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lerner