Patent ID: 7792550
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A device for magnifying images on a mobile phone screen, comprising: a telescopic bridge piece extending laterally across an upper face of the mobile phone; left and right brackets projecting orthogonally from each end of the bridge piece and extending, respectively, along portions of left and right facing sides of a body of the mobile phone; left and right fixing members for respectively attaching distal ends of the left and right brackets to the left and right facing sides of the body of the mobile phone; a Fresnel lens having one end directly connected to the bridge piece in a manner such that the Fresnel lens is pivotable about an axis of the bridge piece; wherein the Fresnel lens is pivotable about the bridge piece between a position lying flat against and covering the screen of the mobile phone, in which case the images on the screen are not magnified, to one or more positions in which a plane of the Fresnel lens is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the screen, in which case the images on the screen are magnified when viewed by a user viewing the screen through the Fresnel lens.