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US 2009/0021033 A1Published application
Illuminated magnifying tweezers
AssigneeIdeavillage Products Corp.
InventorAnand Khubani
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AssigneeIdeavillage Products Corp.
InventorAnand Khubani
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The tweezers include first and second elongated object retaining members. Each of the retaining members has a forward section and a rear section. A body is situated between the retaining members. The forward sections of the retaining members are movable between a position remote from each other and a position wherein the forward sections are proximate to each other, so as to retain an object therebetween. The body includes means for illuminating an object retained by the retaining members. The body also carries a magnifying lens and means for mounting the lens on the body for movement between a position aligned with the retained object and a position remote from the retained object. The present invention permits the user to illuminate and magnify a retained object using one hand, while the other hand is free to perform other tasks.
A tweezers comprising first and second elongated object retaining members, each of said retaining members having a forward section and a rear section, a body situated between said retaining members, said body having first and second oppositely oriented sides, said rear section of each of said retaining members being attached to a different one of said oppositely oriented body sides, said forward sections of said retaining members being movable between a position wherein said forward sections are remote from each other and a position wherein said forward sections are proximate each other so as to retain an object therebetween, said body comprising means for illuminating an object retained by said retaining members, magnifying means and means for mounting said magnifying means on said body for movement between a position aligned with the retained object and a position remote from the retained object.
The forward sections of the retaining members are moveable substantially in a plane. The body has a surface situated substantially in a plane parallel to, but spaced from, the plane of movement of the member sections. The lens mounting means is attached to the body surface.
A tweezers including first and second retaining members, a body situated between said retaining members, illuminating means mounted in said body and magnifying means extending from said body.
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