摘要 |
The invention relates to a viewing apparatus (1) comprising a housing (4) having a front wall (2) and a rear wall (3), wherein the front wall (2) has at least one viewing opening (5) for viewing a flat object situated on an object carrier (6) inside the housing (4), and wherein the front and rear walls (2, 3) are connected to one another along two opposite connecting lines (7, 8) and have bending lines (9, 10) such that the housing (4) can be set up from a rest position, in which the front and rear walls (2, 3) lie flat against one another, into a viewing position in which the front and rear walls (2, 3) are arranged so that they can be spaced apart from one another, with the result that the housing (4) has a box-shaped design with a forward wall (11), a rearward wall (12) and two side walls (13, 14), and wherein the object carrier (6) is firmly connected, only at its first end (15), to the front wall (2) or the rear wall (3) and has a width which is greater than the width of the forward wall (11) but smaller than the width of the front wall (2), with the result that, when the housing (4) is in the viewing position, the object carrier (6) has a surface which is curved towards the rearward wall (12). In order to ensure that in its rest position the housing (4) of the viewing apparatus (1) has an optimally flat configuration and can be adjusted into a reproducible viewing position in a simple manner, wherein the viewing apparatus (1) remains in this position without additional measures, the invention proposes that the object carrier (6) be connected firmly to the housing (4) in the region of that connecting line between the front wall (2) and/or rear wall (3) which laterally bounds the forward wall (11) in the viewing position. |