Vibration compensated optical viewing system

Claim 1

AN OPTICAL VIEWING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING ENTRANCE AND VIEWING ENDS, SUPPORTING MEANS RIGIDLY SUPPORTING SAID CASING AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE SAID ENDS, SAID CASING HAVING A BENDABLE PORTION BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID ENTRANCE END WHICH IS FREE AND SUBJECT TO BENDING, A TELESCOPE SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID CASING IN AXIALLY SPACED RELATION INCLUDING AN OCCULAR LENS SYSTEM MOUNTED WITHIN SAID VIEWING END AND AN OPTICAL ELEMENT AT SAID ENTRANCE END FOR DIRECTING LIGHT RAYS TOWARD SAID OCULAR LENS SYSTEM, SAID OPTICAL ELEMENT INCLUDING A NONINVERTING CORRECTION SYSTEM OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS FORMING A SYSTEM OF UNIT MAGNIFICATION MOUNTED WITHIN SAID BENDABLE PORTION OF SAID CASING FOR RECEIVING IMAGE-FORMING LIGHT AND TRANSMITING EMERGENT RAYS ALONG A SELECTED AXIS TO SAID OCULAR LENS SYSTEM, SAID CORRECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED AND ALIGNED LENSES, A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID ELONGATED CARRIER MEMBER WITHIN SAID BENDABLE CASING PORTION SUPPORTING ALL OF THE OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID CORRECTION SYSTEM IN RIGID ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER DURING BENDING OF SAID BENDABLE CASING PORTION, AND MOUNTING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND CORRECTION SYSTEM ON SAID BENDABLE CASING PORTION AND DISPOSED AT A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED POSITIONS FOR TILTING THE CARRIER MEMBER AND ITS SUPPORTED OPTICAL ELEMENTS AS A UNIT RELATIVE TO THE NORMAL AXIS THEREOF UPON BENDING OF SAID BENDABLE CASING PORTION TO CONTINUOUSLY SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAIN THE EMERGENT RAYS FROM SAID CORRECTION SYSTEM AGAINST ANGULAR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID SELECTED AXIS.