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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Brian C. Lam, Roanoke, VA (US);
Lapthe C. Flora, Roanoke, VA (US);
John C. Nelson, Salem, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B023/08 ; G02B023/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A support for adjusting the line of sight of a night vision monocular. The support has a shelf that is supported relative to a user's eyes and a flange that is coupled to the shelf and rotatable relative to the shelf. The support also has a shaft supporting the monocular. The shaft is coupled to the flange for tilting the monocular relative to the shelf concurrently with a rotation of the flange. The support also has a tilt control means coupled to the flange for applying an axial force to the flange to control the rotation of the flange and the tilting of the monocular.