Patent ID: 6985311

Claim:
A flip screen telephone magnifying system comprising: a telephone having a base portion and a top portion including an information screen, the base and top being hinged together such that the top portion may be folded with the screen proximate the base portion in a closed position and opened to expose the base and the screen to the user in an opened position; a magnifying lens secured to the top portion over the screen and movable toward and away from the screen, the magnifying lens being movable between a contracted position between the top portion and the base portion and proximate the screen in the telephone closed position and an extended position spaced away from the screen to magnify information thereon in the telephone opened position; and a spring between the magnifying lens and top portion for biasing the magnifying lens away from the screen when the telephone is in the opened position, the spring comprising a pair of cantilever springs on opposite sides of the information screen.