Patent ID: 7218463

Claim:
A magnifying glass assembly for removably mounting to a planar surface, said assembly comprising: a plate including a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end, said plate being removably mountable to the planar surface; a panel having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge wherein said first and second edges are positioned opposite with respect to each other, said panel having a centrally disposed window extending therethrough, a pair of wells extending into said third edge, each of said wells being positioned adjacent to and extending along one of said first and second edges; a magnifying lens being mounted to a peripheral edge of said window; a pair of arms, each of said arms having a inner end and an outer end, each of said inner ends being positioned within one of said wells, each of said inner ends being selectively positionable adjacent to a back wall of said wells to define a stored position or adjacent to said third edge to define an extended position, each of said outer ends of said arms being hingedly coupled to said first end of said plate, said panel being selectively abuttable against said plate when said arms are in said stored position, a longitudinal axis of said arms being selectively pivoted outside of a plane orientated parallel to the planar surface such that a plane of said panel is selectively positionable parallel to said planar surface and in a plurality of positions wherein said plane of said panel intersects said planar surface; and wherein said magnifying lens may be selectively pivoted and extended outwardly away from said plate.