{"id":3725,"date":"2024-04-07T18:09:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2024-04-07T18:09:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:09:46","slug":"3725","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3725","title":{"rendered":"Total Eclipse of the Sun on April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Several inventors have addressed the problem of safely watching a total eclipse of the sun.  One of the earliest is U.S. Patent No. 548868, which issued October 29, 1895, on an Apparatus for Observing Eclipses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-12.png 538w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-12-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This patent is long ago expired, so feel free to adapt for your use on April 8,  A more modern device is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 9123285, which provides a Transparent Display Device and Transparency Adjustment Method Thereof, which explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-5.png 688w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-5-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-5-500x181.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Patent No. 11438494 on a Device for Viewing and Imaging the Sune and Solar Phenomena, the augments a user&#8217;s smartphone:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3728\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-7.png 749w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-7-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-7-303x300.png 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>U.S. Patent No. 10103768 provides a Mobile Device Casing that includes a filter 304 for photographing solar eclipses:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3729\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-8.png 429w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-8-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Patent No. 11536947 on a Tunable Window System for a Vehicle, that can adapt to &#8220;local conditions (e.g., solar eclipse).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9-494x300.png 494w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-9.png 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Solar eclipses have inspired some to make games, like U.S. Patent No. 5678823 on a Total Solar Eclipse Game of Skill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-10.png 603w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-10-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Others have named plants after solar eclipses, as in U.S. Patent No. PP23647:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-11.png 475w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-11-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-11-378x300.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The technology is there to have a safe viewing experience.  Enjoy the April 8 solar eclipse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several inventors have addressed the problem of safely watching a total eclipse of the sun. One of the earliest is U.S. Patent No. 548868, which issued October 29, 1895, on an Apparatus for Observing Eclipses: This patent is long ago &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3725\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patent-of-the-day"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}