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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard M Altman, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vivitar Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354152 ; 350187 ; 354191 ; 354195 ; 354286 ;
Abstract
A camera of the so-called pocket type having an objective lens including means for varying the equivalent focal length. The optical axis of the overall lens is folded to have two forward portions and a connecting lateral portion with the primary zooming elements on the lateral portion. The view finder system axis is a linear continuation of the lateral objective axis.