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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4620778 | Frame for glasses which permits the mounting of accessory elements The frame has in the front portion a hooking unit for mounting an accessory structure. The hooking unit comprises a supporting element (6) fixedly connected to the frame, a rod (5) which is sunk in the central portion of the supporting element. The suppor... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4582401 | Visual field and lens occluder for eyeglasses A visual corrective device is provided in the form of a visual field occluder or lens occluder for use with a pair of eyeglasses. A generally flat pocket-like enclosure is formed from first and second gores of a soft flexible material joined along the bot... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4575204 | Spectacle-like frame A spectacle frame has an eyeglass frame adapted to hold an eyeglass connected to and supported by a clamp having a pair of relatively pivotal members positioned to engage eyebrow hair between them. The clamp can have a pair of stabilizers which can be bra... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4559941 | Eyeglass frame and nasal cannula assembly An eyeglass frame and nasal cannula assembly for inconspicuously administering oxygen or other gases into the nostrils of a patient having respiratory ailments. An eyeglass frame has a pair of grooves in the rear surface of its front piece and a groove in... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4547909 | Eye protection means for eye wear Eye protection means for use in combination with eye wear, such as safety glasses, having a brow guard in the form of a surface extending from the upper portion of the eye wear to a portion closely adjacent to the brow of the wearer. In one embodiment of ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4540238 | Bilevel telemicroscopic apparatus Telemicroscopes mounted to spectacle lenses extend rearwardly from the lenses toward a patient's eyes. The telemicroscopes are miniaturized and provide an extended depth of field and a field of view ranging from 8 degrees to 20 degrees. The spectacle lens... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4531814 | Method and apparatus for temporarily increasing the absorptance of optical transmitting components An electrochromic layer is applied to optical transmitting components, and electric-circuit connection to the layer enables temporary increase and decrease in the absorptance of the component. To increase the absorptance, a well-defined quantity of charge... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4531743 | Golfer's aid A golfer's aid is provided in the form of a translucent sheet having two transparent crosses thereon wherein the center of the crosses corresponds with the separation of a user's eyes, and a pair of vertical and horizontal slots, respectively, above and a... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4522474 | Spinning optics device A monocular and binocular spinning optics device for use by doctors, researchers, etc., that creates a specific visual phenomenon in front of one or both eyes of the person wearing the device wherein the lenses are constructed by cutting out and affixing ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4496224 | Eyeglass frame with pocket clip An improved frame for eyeglasses includes a pair of interconnected rims, each of which is configured to surround and support an eyeglass lens and at least one clasp resiliently secured to the rim and superimposed over at least about 1/3 of the outer surfa... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494835 | Polyconductor device for laser beam detection and protection A device is described using at least one polyconductor film as an active ment lens of an electrical circuit for detecting incident laser radiation. In several alternative embodiments, a polyconductor film is located at the focal point of at least one len... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4470673 | Eyewear with translucent superior field of view System, method and apparatus wherein eyewear is provided particularly suited for use in conjunction with luminescent displays such as visual display terminals and which serves to improve operator performance and reduce asthenopia. The eyewear includes a f... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4468103 | Eye medication dispensing frames and insert A frame and sterile sleeve and eyedropper combination in kit form for therapeutic self-administration of medication to the eyes and comprised of an eyeglass frame with omni positionable guides slidable through lens openings and with bores therethrough for... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4462661 | Laser protection goggles The invention is a laser ray eye protection device comprised of a laser detector, voltage controlled lens or lenses, and related interconnecting circuitry. The lenses remain in the normally transparent state until a laser ray is sensed by the detector whi... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4456347 | Method and apparatus for facilitating relaxation A method and apparatus for assisting individuals to achieve the mental and physical relaxation which often characterizes successful meditation. Minute saccadic eye movements are monitored, and the individual is made conscious of any such movement by a sen... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4429959 | Spectacle mounted hinged monocular or binocular vision aid There is disclosed herein a vision aid for doctors, dentists, visually-handicapped, engineers, mechanics, technicians, and the like. The device comprises a conventional eyeglass frame having mounted thereto a pair of plastic elevating plates and which are... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4426138 | Head positioning device A head positioning device for establishing a selected spacial attitude of the head for portraits, cephalometric x-rays and conventional x-rays in orthodontic procedures, which device includes eyeglasses having a lens frame and a pair of temple arms extend... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4418990 | Eyeglasses and other lenses of variable focal length and means and method for varying such focal length An eyeglass apparatus having a variable focal length lens and an associated method for varying the focal length of the lens uses a lens having a focal length which is variable as pressure along the lens is varied. Focal length adjusting mechanisms carried... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4408844 | Eyeglass frame with structural spare key An eyeglass frame with structural spare key is provided comprising an eyeglass frame having a lens supporting member with opposed, spaced temple bars extending rearwardly from sides thereof with at least one of the temple bars having integrally incorporat... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4405212 | Spectacle frame and conversion accessories therefor The invention provides a spectacle frame having on its inner (rear) face a circumferential channel, and frame-to-face seals carrying a mating ridge on the outer (forward) face of each seal. The spectacle frame is converted to an air-vented safety goggle, ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4396259 | Spectrum glasses Spectrum eyeglasses to provide a tranquilizing field of vision to the user are disclosed. The eyeglasses of the present invention comprise a frame mounted in front of the eyes of the user, an opaque wall supported by the frame positioned to prevent the en... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4389102 | Eyeglass temple bar retaining means A temple bar restraining means for eyeglass frames comprising one or more ear-engaging cords which extend between the distal and proximate ends of each of the temple bar ear hook portions or spatulas, and which project thereacross in chordal fashion so as... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4373789 | Optical apparatus for applying make-up Applying facial make-up, especially to the eyes, is difficult for those who wear prescription lenses. Optical aids are available but are generally inconvenient to carry and use due to their size and limited adjustability. A compact, optical apparatus is p... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4364645 | Adjustable frame apparatus for telescopic spectacles There is disclosed a trial frame employed for determining interpupillary distances and the angle of inclination for persons having low or reduced vision. The frame has inserted therein test carrier lenses for each eye. The carrier lenses possess an arcuat... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4360253 | Safety glass mounted test result indicator A test device includes a pair of test probes (21 and 22) which are manipulated onto a succession of test sites (11, 13 and 16) formed on a complex circuit board, and the operator is visually apprised of test results without loss of eye contact with the te... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4349251 | Adjustable eyeglass mounting Apparatus for fixing eyeglasses within a protective mask is disclosed, the eyeglasses being adjustable vertically. An attaching bar is fixed to the viewing glass of the mask, the attaching bar having two or more notches vertically spaced. A carrier has th... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4331394 | Antitheft device for spectacles exhibited for selling purposes An antitheft device for spectacles which are being freely exhibited for selling purposes, comprises a sleeve member fitted on at least one arm of the spectacles, at the hinge portion thereof. In use, the sleeve abuts against the spectacle frame and keeps ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4316654 | Eyeglass frame with pocket clip An improved frame for eyeglasses includes a pair of interconnected rims, each of which is configured to surround and support an eyeglass lens and at least one clasp superimposed over at least about 1/3 of the outer surface of one of the rims. The clasp is... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4300818 | Multifocal ophthalmic lens The specification discloses a multifocal ophthalmic lens to provide a variable focusing power lens for near and farsighted corrected vision. The lens includes a first and second lens element. First and second electrodes are disposed between the lens eleme... | 11/17/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4257691 | Line of sight display apparatus An apparatus for providing a display of information or a source of light to a viewer or an object along the line of sight between a user of the apparatus and the viewer or object without preventing the user's normal vision. The apparatus generally include... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4256388 | Bearing screw and its use as a hinge-pin in spectacles The invention relates to a bearing screw including a cylindrical shank and a screw threaded end portion in which at least part of the shank has a diameter which is less than the over-all diameter of the threaded end portion and this part of the shank is p... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4254451 | Sequential flashing device for personal ornamentation An electronic circuit comprised of several integrated circuits sequentially actuates a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LED's) located in an article such as eyeglass frames, which are carried or worn by a person. In one embodiment, an oscillator driven... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4251076 | Golfing aid A spectacle-type frame has a pair of open frame portions with a first alignment bar mounted across them by means of which a golfer wearing the frame lines up the direction of travel of a golf ball between an adjacent point and a distant point. A pair of s... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4245896 | Spectacles An eyeglass element of spectacles, to which a component, such as a nose piece or a temple piece of the spectacles or an ornamental piece, is to be affixed, includes a through hole having an enlarged end portion in which an actuating portion of a connectin... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4234910 | Head-supported illumination device An extremely lightweight, high-intensity illumination device utilizing polymer optical fibers to transmit light from a remote light source, and having a head-supported frame of the eyeglass type, in which the fibers are terminated in two or more bundles t... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4195918 | Illuminating spectacles with variable magnifying power The invention relates to illuminating spectacles with variable magnifying power, essentially comprising, in combination, a frame 1, provided with removable illuminating means, particularly by cold light, composed of light conduits 8,9 resiliently engaged ... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4174155 | Sound absorbing article and methods of constructing and utilizing same A sponge sound absorbing article for placement on the side frames of eyeglasses for workers employed in very noisy environments. The sound absorbing article eliminates any sound gap between the sides of the eyeglass frames and conventional earmuffs to pro... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4171153 | Weight system for glasses A method and apparatus for fitting eyeglasses utilizing a lens-free frame having a frame front defining a pair of lens apertures and a pair of bows connected to the frame front. The method involves the steps of fitting a prospective wearer with a lens-fre... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4155633 | Corrective optical device for homonymous hemianopsia Homonymous-hemianopsia corrective device, comprising first and second reflectors, provides corrected vision over an overall field of view which is greater than the limited angular field of view of uncorrected vision of a person suffering from homonymous h... | 05/22/1979 |
