Patent ID: 6236505
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical system comprising:a support member having left and right side portions integrally formed with a top portion, the top portion having left and right side portions and an inner surface, the left and right side portions having upper and lower portions and an inner surface, the upper portion of the left side portion being integral with the left portion of the top portion, the upper portion of the right side portion being integral with the right portion of the top portion, the left and right side portions extending from the inner surface of the top portion, such that portions of the inner surfaces of the top portion and the left and right side portions together define an unobstructed space therebetween, the lower portion of the left side portion having a lower free edge portion, the lower portion of the right side portion having a lower free edge portion, the lower free edge portions being in opposing relation and defining an open ended lower extent of the unobstructed space, the support member having an unflexed position and one or more flexed positions, the lower free edge portions being spaced apart farther in the one or more flexed positions than in the unflexed position;an eyepiece lens panel having left and right lenses and a frame, the eyepiece lens panel frame being positioned within the unobstructed space and abutting the support member at a rearward end thereof, a portion of the eyepiece lens panel frame between the left and right lenses thereof being transparent; andan objective lens panel having left and right lenses and a frame, the left lenses of the eyepiece lens panel and the objective lens panel being aligned along a first common axis, the right lenses of the eyepiece lens panel and the objective lens panel being aligned along a second common axis, the objective lens panel frame being moveably positioned within the unobstructed space toward a forward end of the support member and moveably attached to the lower free edge portions of the left and right side portions of the support member such that the support member is in one of the flexed positions, a portion of the objective lens panel frame between the left and right lenses thereof being transparent and being aligned with the transparent portion of the eyepiece lens panel frame along a third common axis.