ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,552, issued on June 10, was assigned to ALPINE INNOVATIONS LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Removably attachable eyepiece shield" was invented by Darren Jones (American Fork, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyepiece shield (10, 10b) for a sporting optic (14, 14b), such as binoculars or a spotting scope, comprises an irregular frusto-conical shell (22, 22b) with a narrower end circumscribing at least one eyepiece hole (26), and a wider end circumscribing an oblong eye opening (30, 30b). The eye opening is non-parallel with the eyepiece hole, and has a concave profile with respect to at least one viewing axis (34) between the holes. The shell...