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Partial eyeshield
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-11-10
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Granted: 1988-03-08
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Expires: 2006-11-10
Abstract
Abstract A partial eyeshield is attached to a sighting device, for example a video camera. The eyeshield is constructed so that it covers a portion of the field of view of the user's nonsighting eye. That portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view corresponds to a portion of the field of view of the sighting eye the user desires to view without closing his nonsighting eye. So covering the nonsighting eye causes the corresponding field of view in the sighting eye to dominate, while leaving substantial usable vision through the nonsighting eye.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey A. Armstrong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:30
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B7/00; G02B7/02; G02B7/12; G02B23/00; G02B23/16; G03; G03B; G03B11/00; G03B11/04; G03B11/046
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
In combination with a camera used by a person, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, an improvement comprising: (a) a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the camera's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view; and (b) a supporting means for supporting the partial shielding means before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
In combination with a camera used by a person, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, an improvement comprising: (a) a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the camera's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view; and (b) a supporting means for supporting the partial shielding means before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the usable vision maintained in the nonsighting eye's field of view includes at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's peripheral vision.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the partial shielding means comprises a shielding member dimensioned to occupy that portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that substantially corresponds to the portion of the sighting eye's field of view that contains only the image transmitted through the camera's sighting aperture when the shielding member is positioned before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The improvement of claim 3, wherein the shielding member is divided into a first shielding submember which is affixed to the supporting means and a second shielding submember which is slidably carried by the first shielding submember.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the supporting means comprises a supporting frame affixed to the partial shielding means and affixed to the camera.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improvement of claim 5, wherein the supporting frame is detachably affixed to the camera.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The improvement of claim 5, wherein the supporting frame is dimensioned so that it substantially occupies the field of view of the sighting eye outside of the camera's sighting aperture when the partial shielding means is supported before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
The improvement of claim 1, further comprising: a means associated with said partial shielding means for adjusting the position of the partial shielding means to vary the portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that is occupied by the partial shielding means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
119 words
A partial eyeshield, for use by a person in conjunction with a single eye sighting device, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, comprising: (a) a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view; and (b) a supporting means for supporting the partial shielding means before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
119 words
A partial eyeshield, for use by a person in conjunction with a single eye sighting device, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, comprising: (a) a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view; and (b) a supporting means for supporting the partial shielding means before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 9, wherein the usable vision maintained in the nonsighting eye's field of view includes at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's peripheral vision.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 9, wherein the partial shielding means comprises a shielding member dimensioned to occupy that portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that substantially corresponds to the portion of the sighting eye's field of view that contains only the image transmitted through the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture when the shielding member is positioned before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 11, wherein the shielding member is divided into a first shielding submember which is affixed to the supporting means and a second shielding submember which is slidably carried by the first shielding submember.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 9, wherein the supporting means comprises a supporting frame affixed to the partial shielding means and affixed to the sighting device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 13, wherein the supporting frame is detachably affixed to the sighting device.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 13, wherein the supporting frame is dimensioned so that it substantially occupies the field of view of the sighting eye outside of the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture when the partial shielding means is supported before the nonsighting eye.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: a means associated with said partial shielding means for adjusting the position of the partial shielding means to vary the portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that is occupied by the partial shielding means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
45 words
A partial eyeshield as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: a means associated with said supporting means for adjusting the position of the partial shielding means to vary the portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that is occupied by the partial shielding means.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of using a single eye sighting device, for a person, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, which method comprises the steps of: (a) positioning the single eye sighting device before the sighting eye; and (b) positioning before the nonsighting eye a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of using a single eye sighting device, for a person, said person having a sighting eye and a nonsighting eye, which method comprises the steps of: (a) positioning the single eye sighting device before the sighting eye; and (b) positioning before the nonsighting eye a partial shielding means for occupying a portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view sufficient to: (i) cause the image in the portion of the sighting eye's field of view transmitted through the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture to dominate and suppress the image in the corresponding portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view, and (ii) maintain unobstructed, usable vision in at least a portion of the nonsighting eye's medial field of view.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method of using a single eye sighting device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the step of positioning the partial shielding means is carried out by positioning a shielding member before the nonsighting eye so that it occupies that portion of the nonsighting eye's field of view that substantially corresponds to that portion of the sighting eye's field of view that is occupied by the single eye sighting device's sighting aperture.
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