Magnifier

• US 5,245,477 A
• Filed: 10/14/1992
• Issued: 09/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Magnivision Incorporated (EssilorLuxottica SA)
• Original Assignee: Magnivision Incorporated (EssilorLuxottica SA)
• Inventors: Nyman, Morton
• Primary Examiner(s): Ben, Loha
• Application Number:
  US07/960,813
• Time in Patent Office: 335 Days
• Field of Search: 359/802, 359/803, 359/804, 359/805, 359/808, 359/809, 359/810, 359/811, 359/812, 359/815, 359/818
• US Class Current: 359/818
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/021 Reading apparatus

Abstract

A magnifying device that can be attached to a retail store shelf where a product on the shelf, such as a can, a medicine bottle, etc., can be placed beneath the magnifying glass of the magnifying device so that the small print contained on the label of the product can be read.

Claims

1. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf comprising:

(a) a magnifying lens;

(b) means for selectively securing the magnifying lens relative to a store shelf with a space between the magnifying lens and the edge of the store shelf whereby a product can be placed in the space so that a store patron by appropriately positioning the product in the space can view the contents section on the product label through the magnifying lens;

(c) said selective securing means including a first section adapted to be placed on the top of a store shelf and a second section adapted to be placed adjacent the bottom of the store shelf; and

(d) the distance between the first and second sections being approximately the height of the store shelf.

2. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 1, wherein said selective securing means includes means for maintaining the magnifying lens at an incline with respect to the store shelf.

3. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 2, wherein said maintaining means includes a first side piece and a second side piece, said first and second side pieces extending upwardly and outwardly away from said first section and said second section, and means secured to said side pieces for supporting said magnifying lens.

4. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 3, wherein said means for securing said magnifying lens includes a front piece, said magnifying lens being supported in said front piece, and a further extra-power magnifying lens being located in said magnifying lens.

5. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 1, wherein said first section includes a shelf plate adapted to abut the upper surface of the store shelf.

6. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 5, wherein said second section includes two spaced apart, parallel fingers.

7. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 6, wherein the second section includes two spaced apart fingers with each finger having a flat surface adapted to be placed against the bottom of the store shelf.

8. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 1 and further including an abutment surface extending between said first and second sections and adapted to abut the free edge of the store shelf.

9. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf according to claim 1, wherein said first section includes a flat plate adapted to be placed against the upper surface of the store shelf wherein product can be placed on said upper surface.

10. A device for magnifying the contents section of a product label that is displayed on a store shelf comprising:

(a) a shelf;

(b) a magnifying lens;

(c) means for selectively securing the magnifying lens at an incline relative to the store shelf with a space between the magnifying lens and the edge of the store shelf whereby a product can be positioned in said space so that a store patron, by appropriately positioning the product in the space, can view the contents section of the product label through the magnifying lens, said selective securing means including a section resting on the upper surface of the shelf; and

(d) means for securing said section to the upper surface of said store shelf.