Wide screen projection system for standard prints

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A CONVENTIONAL ANAMORPHOSING PROJECTION AND EXHIBITION SYSTEM OF THE CHARACTER EMPLOYED FOR PROJECTING AND EXHIBITING FILM PRINTS HAVING FRAMES OF STANDARD WIDTH AND WHEREIN THE IMAGE WITHIN THE FRAME IS HORIZONTALLY COMPRESSED TO DISTORT THE PROPORTIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING AN ANAMORPHOSING LENS ASSEMBLY AND A WIDE VIEWING SCREEN DISPOSED FORWARDLY THEREOF, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY LENS ASSEMBLY MOUNTED REARWARDLY OF SAID ANAMORPHOSING LENS ASSEMBLY, SAID SUPPLEMENTARY LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR CONVERTING FILM PRINT IMAGES OF NORMAL PROPORTIONS TO IMAGES HAVING SAID DISTORTED PROPORTIONS WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINING SAID STANDARD FRAME WIDTH PRIOR TO PROJECTION THEREOF THROUGH SAID ANAMORPHOSING LENS ASSEMBLY, WHEREBY FILM PRINTS HAVING NORMALLY-PROPORTIONED IMAGES MAY BE PROJECTED AND EXHIBITED BY SAID CONVENTIONAL ANAMORPHOSING SYSTEM WITHOUT REMOVAL OF SAID ANAMORPHOSING LENS ASSEMBLY.