Adjustable mounting means for an optical assembly

Claim 1

AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: SUPPORTING BASE MEANS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL BASE PLATE, FIRST ELONGATED PIVOT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BASE MEANS AND DEFINING A FIRST PIVOT AXIS AN ELONGATED CURVED BRACKET PIVOTABLE AT ONE END ABOUT SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS, SECOND ELONGATED PIVOT MEANS CARRIED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID BRACKET AND SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP THERETO AND DEFINING A SECOND PIVOT AXIS INTERSECTING SAID FIRST PIVOT AXIS AT A POINT WHERE THE OBJECT TO BE VIEWED IS TO BE PLACED, LEVER ARM MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND PIVOT MEANS A ANGULARLY MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BRACKET THROUGH A RANGE OF POSITIONS, AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER ARM MEANS AND ADJUSTABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID LEVER ARM MEANS, WHEREBY THE OPTICAL INSTRUMENT CAN BE ADJUSTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE PINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PIVOT AXES, ADJUSTING MEANS FOR VARYING THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF SAID FIRST PIVOT AXIS OF SAID FIRST PIVOT MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE PLATE, SAID ADJUSTING MEANS INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PIVOT CARRIED BY SAID BASE MEANS AND PIVOTABLY SUPPORTING SAID BRACKET ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID FIRST PIVOT