Patent ID: 7869004

Claim:
Binoculars with two observation beam paths and with means for laser range-finding, which have at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device arranged outside the two observation beam paths, wherein the at least one transmitting device is configured to transmit a beam along a transmitting beam path and the at least one receiving device is configured to receive a beam along a receiving beam path, and wherein inside the binoculars each of the transmitting beam path and the receiving beam path is separate and distinct from each of the two observation beam paths, and wherein the transmitting device and the receiving device are arranged in each case in separate housing parts of the binoculars, wherein a folding bridge is provided by which the separate housing parts are movable relative to each other, and wherein at least one diffractive optical element being provided for shaping at least the receiving beam for the at least one receiving device.