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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:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilfred Calcutt, Doncaster, GB;
Assignee:
Swift Instruments, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350556 ; 350563 ;
Abstract
In binoculars including focusing means comprising an adjustable, rotatable focusing knob operatively associated with focus adjustment means, whereby rotation of the knob adjusts the focus adjustment means in a manner related to the distance between a viewer employing said binoculars and an object to be viewed, the improvement comprising first click-stop means operatively associated with the rotatable focusing knob, the click-stop means being effective to abruptly increase the force required to rotate the knob at a focus setting for a predetermined distance between the object to be viewed and the viewer.