Patent ID: 8878988

Claim:
A glare blocking viewfinder device adapted to be detachably mounted on an image display device, said image display device being substantially flat and rectangular and having predetermined width and height dimensions, said glare blocking viewfinder device comprising: a box portion having opposite sides panels and opposite horizontal panels defining a top panel and a bottom panel, the side panels being joined at adjoining edges to the top and bottom panels by hinges to form a box that can be in an open position and folded to a collapsed position and in the open position forming a rectangular opening at opposite ends, the openings defining an attachment end and a viewing end and further comprising an attaching frame at the attachment end attached by a hinge to one of the panels and a viewing frame at the viewing end attached by a hinge to a panel that is opposite to the one on which the attaching frame is hinged; a lens mounted in or integral to the viewing frame; an attachment mechanism on the viewing frame; whereby the glare blocking viewfinder can be configured for two forms of use, as a viewfinder with the viewing frame and lens in place over the viewing end and the attachment frame in place over the attaching end and as a glare reducing box with the viewing frame rotated up to 270 degrees into contact with the panel to which it is hinged and also having a storage configuration in which the box portion is collapsed and the attachment frame is folded into contact with the panel to which it is attached on one side of the folded box and the viewing frame and lens is folded into contact with the panel to which it is attached on the other side of the folded box.