Patent ID: 8089710

Claim:
A stand magnifier, comprising: a magnifier base to be placed on reading material or any other surface to be inspected, namely a contact surface; and a magnifier element having a grip and a magnifying body disposed on one grip end, with the magnifier element being detachably attached to the magnifier base, and being pivotable relative to the contact surface when the magnifier base is attached; wherein the magnifier base is designed in at least two parts, having at least first and second magnifier base parts mounted one inside the other in a light-tight fashion, and the magnifier element is designed as a separately usable hand magnifier, and the grip is formed such that it touches the contact surface with its free grip end region, and wherein the free grip end of the grip disposed on the magnifier body is disposed and/or supported in a plane of the contact surface in an unwinding manner.