Gerald D Wessler

US Patent:

50871110, Feb 11, 1992

Filed:

May 2, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/346553

Inventors:

Gerald Wessler - Gulfport MS

International Classification:

G02B 2702

US Classification:

359479

Abstract:

A hand held or table positioned mat selection device (FIG. 1) in which the viewing eyepiece (28) is used to restrict the field of view to a mat or mats (FIG. 13: 40A, 40B and 40C) and their apertures (41C) in a carrier (36) which may be moved forward or backward so as to fill the periphery of the visual field, and with the viewing device aimed at the picture to be matted 20 (FIGS. 9A and 9B) so that the illusion of a mat surrounding a picture (FIG. 11) is created and preserved. The capacity of the mat selection device for monocular viewing (FIG. 3A) and binocular viewing (FIG. 3B) is described.