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US 2013/0258473 A1Published application
Stowable lens cap for optical device
AssigneeExelis, Inc.
InventorGregory Seth BANDY
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Abstract
A removable lens cap for an optical device includes a lens cap body having one or more walls defining an interior space on one side of the lens cap body that is configured to conceal a lens of the optical device; and provisions for removably mounting the lens cap body to the optical device that is defined on a different side of the lens cap body.
Claims19
A removable lens cap for an optical device comprising:
- a lens cap body having one or more walls defining an interior space on one side of the lens cap body that is configured to conceal a lens of the optical device;
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- means for removably mounting the lens cap body to the optical device that is defined on a different side of the lens cap body.
A fused night vision device assembly comprising:
- a device body;
- two optical lenses positioned on the device body that are separated by a pre-determined distance;
- a lens cap mount, which is separate from the two lenses, that is defined on the device body;
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- a removable lens cap that is configured to be removably connected over the two lenses to conceal the lenses and is also configured to be removably connected to the lens cap mount.
2 more elements
A removable lens cap for a fused night vision optical device comprising:
- a lens cap body including a first cap portion and a second cap portion that are spaced apart by a pre-determined distance, each cap portion having one or more walls defining an interior space on one side of the lens cap body that is configured to conceal a lens of the optical device;
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- means for removably mounting the lens cap body to the fused night vision optical device, said means for removably mounting being defined on a different side of the lens cap body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.