Patent ID: 8304041

Claim:
A method of installing an artificial eye in a taxidermy form, said method comprising: providing an artificial eye comprising: a solid dome member having a life-like pupil and a substantially smooth convex outer surface, said pupil viewable through said substantially smooth convex outer surface; and at least two of the following forms of visible indicia: a pupil horizontal axis line removably applied to said substantially smooth convex outer surface such that said pupil horizontal axis line is visible and removable therefrom without damaging said substantially smooth convex outer surface, said pupil horizontal axis line oriented on said substantially smooth convex outer surface such that it appears to extend horizontally through a center of said pupil; a pupil forward tilt axis line removably applied to said substantially smooth convex outer surface such that said pupil forward tilt axis is visible and removable therefrom without damaging said substantially smooth convex outer surface, said pupil forward tilt axis line oriented on said substantially smooth convex outer surface such that it appears to extend vertically through a center of said pupil or off to one side of said pupil; and an eye cant line removably applied to said substantially smooth convex outer surface such that said eye cant line is visible and removable therefrom without damaging said substantially smooth convex outer surface, said eye cant line extending substantially diagonally across a corner portion of said solid dome and wherein said method further comprises: orienting the artificial eye within an eye socket in the taxidermy form using at least two of the following orientation actions: positioning the artificial eye within the eye socket such that a pupil horizontal axis line is positioned in an orientation relative to a tilt angle of the taxidermy form; positioning the artificial eye within the eye socket such that the forward tilt axis line is positioned in an orientation relative to a tilt angle of the taxidermy form; and positioning the artificial eye within the eye socket such that the eye can't line is substantially vertical and wherein said method further comprises: retaining the artificial eye in a desired orientation after performing the at least two the orientation actions; and removing at least one of the at least two forms of the visible indicia from the substantially smooth convex outer surface of the artificial eye without damaging the substantially smooth convex outer surface.