PATENT NO: 7,553,048 Stabilized Mirror System for a Hand-held Laser Pointer PRESENTED BY: TESS JACOBS
BACKGROUND Filed: June 29, 2007 Issued: June 30, 2009 Inventors: Jeffrey Dale Wilson, Daniel Steven Sanchez Purpose: Stabilized laser beam to counteract hand tremors Three mirrors with a spring and a magnetic counter-weight Counteract hand tremors associated with “physical weakness, emotional stress, excitement” Expose nervousness -> discredited user
EXAMPLES OF PRIOR ART Laser pointers… No stabilizing system No system patented that is compact, hand- held, wherein the stability of the laser dot position is unaffected by hand tremors
FIGURES 32- Power Supply access 12- external housing 59- On/Off Switch
FIGURES 93- Non-magnetic shaft 91&92- Non-magnetic disks 45- Mirror (reflects towards 46) 46- Mirror (reflects towards 47) 47- Mirror (reflects light out of system)
FIGURES 80- magnet 82 & 84- ferromagnetic pin (spring) 45 & 46- Mirrors 90- Magnetic rings 91 & 92- non-magnetic damping disks
NOVEL AND INVENTIVE ELEMENTS 2 Claims: 3 mirrors, 2 nd and 3 rd mirrors with pivots, resulting beam is perpendicular to housing axis Magnetic damping system is used to stabilized orientation from hand tremors
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