Patent ID: 7304809
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A magnifying screen for assisting a user to read text on a page of a bound literary article, said magnifying screen comprising: a frame contiguously seated on top of the page and being freely slidable therealong said frame having a length to width ratio that is smaller than a length to width ratio of the page such that said frame is hidden within a perimeter of the page when the literary article is adapted to a closed position, said frame having a hollow opening covering a major portion of a surface area of said frame; an optical implement permanently attached directly to said frame, said optical Implement being removably and contiguously adjoined along the page such that text from the page is enlarged by a predetermined magnitude for assisting the user during reading conditions; a sleeve in direct communication with said frame and situated thereabout, said sleeve being telescopically positioned along a longitudinal length of said frame in such a manner that said frame is intercalated within said sleeve during reading conditions, said sleeve having top and bottom surfaces provided with an opening traversing across a longitudinal axis thereof, said top and bottom openings having a longitudinal length extending along the entire width of said frame so that the user can read an entire line of text on the page of the literary article, wherein a combined thickness of said sleeve and said frame is substantially equal to a thickness of the page such that all pages of the literary article lay contiguously together when the literary article is adapted to the closed position; means for releasably locking said frame to said sleeve such that said frame maintains a static spatial relationship with said sleeve during reading conditions; and means for illuminating a perimeter of said optical implement, said illuminating means being directly coupled to said frame and traveling along a perimeter of said opening.