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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Timothy P. Norstad, Turtle Lake, WI (US);
Michael A. Fry, Stillwater, MN (US);
James B. Drost, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Brian A. McIevish, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Michael J. Juen, Woodbury, MN (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible lens mount for securing a flexible lens having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The flexible lens mount comprises a resilient member, a base member, and a fastener. The resilient member includes a first end, a second end, and a first surface adapted to abut the second side of the flexible lens. The resilient member is adapted to be flexed to form a first arc of about degrees D of about radius R. The base member includes a second surface forming a second arc which complements the first arc. The second surface is adapted to abut the first side of the flexible lens such that the flexible lens is disposed intermediate the first and second surfaces. The base member further comprises a first retaining member disposed at one end to retain the first end of the resilient member, and a second retaining member disposed at an other end to retain the second end of the resilient member. The fastener abuts either the first or second end of the resilient member to exert a force to secure the resilient member relative to the base member.