Zoom monocular and viewing screen

A viewing device adapted to be held at eye level by an apparatus, the device comprising:

• a housing with at least three substantially flat sides and operable to fit within a tray of the apparatus;
• a fastener hole in one of the sides operable to accept a fastener thereby securing the housing to the tray;
• an objective lens mounted to a distal end of the housing for viewing a live event with a first one of a user's eyes;
• a video screen mounted to the distal end of the housing and operable to display a color image which may be viewed with a second one of the user's eyes;
• a video connector mounted to the housing and operable to accept signals representative of the image;
• two padded eyepieces each mounted to a proximal end of the housing;
• a magnification mechanism operable to allow the user to adjust magnification of objects seen through the objective lens;
• and
• a manual focus mechanism operable through the housing.

An assembly comprising:

• a viewing device adapted to be held at eye level, the device including—
• a housing,
• a removable attachment mechanism operable to be coupled with the housing,
• an objective lenses mounted to a distal end of the housing, and
• an eyepiece mounted to a proximal end of the housing;
• and
• an apparatus for holding the device at eye level of a user, the apparatus including—
• a pair of elongated arms each having a first and a second end,
• an attachment for mounting the first ends on opposite sides of the user's head with the arms extending forwardly and the second ends spaced from the user's head,
• an adjustment bracket extending between and secured adjacent the second ends,
• a tray supported upon the bracket forwardly of the user's head, the tray being adapted to hold the device from below, and
• wherein the arms are swingable between a use position where the device is at the user's eye level and a crosspiece of the tray is below the user's eye level, and an elevated position where the device is moved out of the user's field of vision.

An assembly comprising:

• a viewing device adapted to be held at eye level, the device including—
• a housing,
• a removable attachment mechanism operable to be coupled with the housing,
• a video screen mounted to a distal end of the housing and operable to display an image, and
• an eyepiece mounted to a proximal end of the housing;
• and
• an apparatus for holding the device at eye level of a user, the apparatus including—
• a pair of elongated arms each having a first and a second end,
• an attachment for mounting the first ends on opposite sides of the user's head with the arms extending forwardly and the second ends spaced from the user's head,
• an adjustment bracket extending between and secured adjacent the second ends,
• a tray supported upon the bracket forwardly of the user's head, the tray having a nose-receiving recess in a rearward surface and adapted to hold the device from below, and
• wherein the arms are swingable between a use position where the device is at the user's eye level and a crosspiece of the tray is below the user's eye level, and an elevated position where the device is moved out of the user's field of vision.

An assembly comprising:

• a viewing device adapted to be held at eye level, the device including—
• a housing with at least three substantially flat sides,
• a fastener hole in one of the sides operable to accept a fastener,
• an objective lens mounted to a distal end of the housing for viewing a live event with a first one of a user's eyes,
• a video screen mounted to the distal end of the housing and operable to display a color image which may be viewed with a second one of the user's eyes,
• a video connector mounted to the housing and operable to accept signals representative of the image,
• two padded eyepieces each mounted to a proximal end of the housing,
• a magnification mechanism operable to allow the user to adjust magnification of objects seen through the objective lens, and
• a manual focus mechanism operable through the housing;
• and
• an apparatus for holding the device at eye level of the user, the apparatus including—
• a pair of elongated arms each having a first and a second end,
• an attachment for mounting the first ends on opposite sides of the user's head with the arms extending forwardly and the second ends spaced from the user's head,
• an adjustment bracket extending between and secured adjacent the second ends,
• a tray supported upon the bracket forwardly of the user's head, the tray having a nose-receiving recess in a rearward surface and adapted to hold the device from below, and
• wherein the arms are swingable between a use position where the device is at the user's eye level and a crosspiece of the tray is below the user's eye level, and an elevated position where the device is moved out of the user's field of vision.