Patent ID: 6499594
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A housing for a binocular having a base, the housing comprising:an outer skin; a latching mechanism for securing said outer skin to said base; said outer skin including several segments; at least a first one of said segments being an ocular protective shroud; said base including two base bodies arranged side-by-side; at least a second one of said segments being a cover arranged over a mid region of one of said base bodies; said shroud and said cover having respective structural parts; said latching mechanism including a first latching device for latching said structural parts to each other; and, said one of said base bodies having cutouts formed therein and said latching mechanism including a second latching device having latching elements formed on the structural part of said cover and extending into said cutouts, respectively, for fixedly holding said cover to said one base body.