Patent ID: 9594251
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical device comprising a picture tube that encloses an imaging assembly, wherein: (a) the picture tube comprises a body section adjoining an anterior and a posterior end, the body section comprising a cavity that encloses the imaging assembly, the body section comprising one or more images disposed on its interior surface, and (b) the imaging assembly comprises a mirrored member having a substantially convex reflecting surface oriented toward the anterior end of the picture tube at an angle less than 90° relative to the cross-sectional plane of the picture tube, thereby allowing the imaging assembly to reflect the one or more images on the picture tube forwardly of the reflecting surface so as to be viewable at the anterior end of the device; a light source disposed at the apex of the substantially convex reflecting surface; and an anchor member, the anterior end of which is secured to the mirrored member.