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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4679916 | Optical viewing apparatus with two mirrors consecutively reflecting the line of sight An optical viewing apparatus adapted to be worn on the face of a wearer which enables a bicycle rider in a racing crouch position to view the road in front of the rider while looking downwardly towards the road is disclosed.... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4670914 | Eye protectors An eye protector comprising a lens structure spanning a wearers eye in use, a circumambient wall member projecting rearwardly from the lens structure and spacing the lens structure from the wearers face in use while leaving a substantially clear flow path... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4670912 | Adjustable night vision goggle mounting bracket An adjustment mechanism for adjusting headgear-mounted vision equipment with respect to the viewer's eyes. A goggle (14) is mounted to a carriage (20) which is slideable on a frame (10) mounted to the headgear (12). The carriage (20) is slideable on a rai... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4656668 | Eye protector A device for protecting the eyes of a user. The eye protector includes a pair of substantially light impervious eye cups formed of an absorbent flexible material and adapted to fit over the closed eyes of the user. Each of the eye cups is sized and shaped... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654899 | Eye protectors An eye protector comprising a lens structure for spanning both eyes of a wearer, a circumambient wall member extending rearwardly from said lens structure and such as to leave a substantially unobstructed flow path for air across an interior central zone ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4630321 | Safety spectacles with brow protector A pair of safety spectacles incorporates a brow-protecting bar member which is formed separately from the spectacle frame and is anchored thereto only at its ends, by means of the hinge pins attaching the temples to the frame. The frame and brow bar there... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4567122 | Phototropic materials An irreversible phototropic material consists of a plasticized matrix in which is suspended a phototropic transition metal salt and an additive which inhibits the production of haze in the phototropic material. Generally the additive is a substance which ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4527292 | Locking means for a fixing band of a diving mask A locking means for a fixing band of diving mask which can fasten or release the fixing band as a fastening member to which one end of the fixing band is connected is inserted into or removed from a mask frame by one action. The locking means comprises tw... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4520510 | Convertible headband construction A headband construction is convertible for use, in the alternative, as a conventional headband or as a pair of sunglasses or sunshields. The headband construction includes an elongated band having a pair of eye openings therethrough which is receivable in... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4495663 | Strap for use with diving goggles A strap for use with a pair of diving goggles includes a pair of rings provided at a slope across one half of the strap and incorporated therewith. The rings receive an aspiration pipe with the effect that the aspiration pipe is secured to stand at right ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494251 | Eye protector An eye protector (e.g. for squash players) comprises a screen slitted in the eye region of the wearer and with at least one thickened region adjacent to the slit(s) to reinforce the screen and prevent a resilient object (e.g. a squash ball) intruding thro... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4283798 | Attitude indicator for divers A device for enabling a diver to determine his relationship to the true horizon in deep and murky waters or when physiological sensations are of little value is described. An attitude sensor, incorporating a series of mercury switches, usually at the back... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4283127 | Novelty eyeglasses A pair of novelty eyeglasses includes a frame for supporting them on the wearer's head and a pair of transparent lenses. The frame includes a pair of support earpieces connected by hinges to the frames. Two light emitting diodes or LEDs are secured to the... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4256387 | Device for connecting lugs on metal rim of spectacle frame A lug connecting device for a metal rim of a spectacle frame comprising a first lug formed on the rim and having a horizontal slit, a pin fixed to the first lug, a second lug on the rim and adjacent the first lug, a tie plate having an attaching portion i... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4249804 | Spring hinge for spectacles Spectacles have a stay bar pointing rearwardly from the edge of the frame and an extension spectacle arm. A hinge connects the spectacle arm and the stay bar on the inside, so that the front faces of the stay bar and the spectacle arm are spaced apart in ... | 02/10/1981 |
