Patent ID: 7430080
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A portable magnification stand apparatus, comprising: a lower planar base unit having a lower inner plane area surrounded by a lower coplanar support material for supporting an object being viewed by a user; a back pair of adjustable arms having a shorter length mounted at a lower end of the back pair of arms near a back portion of the lower planar base unit to the lower coplanar support material; a front pair of adjustable arms having a longer length compared to the shorter length of the back pair of arms and mounted at the lower end of the front pair of arms near a front portion of the lower planar base unit to the lower coplanar support material; a pair of trapezoidal planar materials each swingably attached along parallel lengths of the lower planar base unit and capable of being positioned downwardly in a perpendicular position to the lower planar base unit in order to increase a height of the front portion of the lower planar base unit a greater amount compared with an increase in height of the back portion of the lower planar base unit and the pair of trapezoidal planar materials each swingably attached along parallel lengths of the lower planar base unit are further capable of being positioned upwardly in a coplanar position to the lower base unit to reduce the overall profile of the apparatus compared when the attached pair of trapezoidal planar materials are positioned downward; an upper planar lens unit that holds a lens for magnifying objects in an upper inner plane area surrounded by and held in place by an upper coplanar support material mounted near the front portion of the upper coplanar support material to the front pair of adjustable arms having the longer length and mounted near the back portion of the upper coplanar support material to the back pair of adjustable arms having the shorter length causing the magnification of an object to appear greater on portions of the object a further distance away from the user's view near the front portion of the upper planar lens unit compared with the portion of the object near the near the back portion of the upper planar lens unit due to the non-parallel position of the upper planar lens unit compared to the lower planar base unit.