Patent ID: 6031662
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A convertible binocular/stereoscope device comprising:a housing;two sets of lenses within the housing, each set including a plurality of lenses spaced and arranged to form two, side-by-side telescope lens trains extending longitudinally between opposite ends of the housing,a pair of eye openings through the housing at one of the two opposite ends, each eye opening adjoining and being aligned with a lens of a separate one of the two sets of lenses, the pair of eye openings collectively providing two lines of sight into the housing and through the two sets of lenses; anda mirror assembly in the housing movably supported to permit selective deflection of the line of sight from each eye opening away from the lenses of each set longitudinally downstream from the mirror assembly and to a pair of viewing locations on a side of the housing located longitudinally between the opposite ends.