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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128218 | Safety eyewear including a prescription insert Safety eyewear has a frame and a lens carrier permanently or removably attached to the frame. The lens carrier includes a prescription insert. The safety eyewear may further include an adjustable length strap and a strap attachment device for attaching the strap to ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104890 | Protective eyewear including auxiliary lenses An eyewear assembly includes an outer first frame, at least one outer first lens, an inner second frame, and at least one inner second lens. The assembly includes a mechanism for holding the first frame and first lens in front of a user's face. The second frame has ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7931364 | Optical prescription insert carrier An optical insert carrier that may retain a left and right lens having at least two opening holes. The optical insert carrier maybe attached to the back side of a pair of sunglasses having a right and left lens, wherein the back side is the side of the sunglasses th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7866812 | Optical inserts for goggles or facemasks An optical insert is disclosed for use in a pair of goggles, behind a facemask, or behind other eyewear. The insert is held in place by forces from the goggles, facemask, or other eyewear. These forces include forces directed generally inward against the left and ri... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7798635 | Helmet vision improvement assembly and method A helmet vision improvement assembly includes a helmet that has a viewing aperture extending through a front side of the helmet. A shield is coupled to the helmet and is positionable over the aperture. The shield is substantially transparent. A lens includes a presc... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7771044 | Frame construction for eyewear having removable auxiliary lenses Eyeglasses and clip-ons are improved by providing housings for magnets for securing the clip-ons in a uniblock also incorporating one or more of the following: part of a closing block, an end piece, and part of a hinge. The structure is more compact, neater in appea... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762660 | Clip for releasably attaching clip-on accessory to eyeglasses A customizable clip-on accessory for spectacles includes a pair of auxiliary lenses, and clasps for engaging the lenses to join them to a bridge member and to releasably engage the spectacles. The clasps include a pair of parallel posts engagable by a fastener membe... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7695132 | Eyeglass set The present invention aims to provide an eyeglass set that is easy to manufacture and that can be used as a prescription sunglass having excellent designability. The present invention provides an eyeglass set 1 where a front sunglass lens member 3 incl... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686447 | Safety eyewear including a prescription insert Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including a prescription insert, which inset may be useable between different safety eyewear. Such eyewear may also include: a frame; a removable lens carrier removably attached to the frame, the removable lens carrier ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7661815 | Eyeframe with interchangeable lenspieces held by a magnetic closure and interchangeable lens system An eyeframe system includes a rimwire and an interchangeable lenspiece. A hinged closure on the rimwire fastens the lenspiece to the rimwire. The closure includes a magnetic closure that slides beneath a nose bridge of the rimwire. The closure is held closed by mech... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7648233 | Protective eyewear including auxiliary lenses An eyewear assembly includes an outer first frame, at least one outer first lens, an inner second frame, and at least one inner second lens. The assembly includes a mechanism for holding the first frame and first lens in front of a user's face. The second frame has ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7641333 | Protective eyewear including auxiliary lenses An eyewear assembly includes an outer first frame, at least one outer first lens, an inner second frame, and at least one inner second lens. The assembly includes a mechanism for holding the first frame and first lens in front of a user's face. The second frame has ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7635184 | Clip-on spectacles having elastic u-shaped bridge A pair of clip-on spectacles for fastening on another pair of spectacles, where the clip-on spectacles includes a pair of glasses which are interconnected by an resiliently bendable bridge with a hook at the middle of the bridge for fastening behind the bridge of th... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7614741 | Eyeglass frame and assembling means thereof An eyeglass frame and an assembling means thereof are disclosed. The assembling means of the eyeglass frame locks with a main body of the eyeglass frame. A connecting shaft with a plurality of locking teeth is arranged on the assembling means of the eyeglass frame a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7600871 | Clip-on sunglasses and method of manufacture thereof The present invention provides clip-on sunglasses and methods of manufacture thereof. In accordance with an embodiment, the clip-on sunglasses comprise first and second lenses, each having retainer prongs positioned at an outer portion of each lens. The retainer pro... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600870 | Attachable magnetic eyeglasses and method of making same A supplemental lens unit is used on or in combination with a pair of eyeglasses. Lens unit comprises a bridge having at least one prong on each of two ends. Two supplemental lenses are connected by holes positioned near a nasal portion thereof through which prongs p... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7575319 | Detachable shelter frame for spectacles A spectacle set includes a primary spectacle and a detachable shelter frame. The primary spectacle includes two lenses, a primary bridge extended between two inner sides of the lenses respectively. The detachable shelter frame includes two shelter lenses, a shelter ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575318 | Eyeglass assembly An eyeglass assembly includes a lens holding “base-frame” with two temples pivotally attached and extending rearward; this “base-frame” is grooved to hold prescription, reading or sunglass lenses. This “base-frame” marries with various lens-holding front... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7537336 | Lenses removably secured to an eyewear platform Eyewear is provided having lenses that are removably secured to an eyewear platform. The eyewear platform has a bridge portion, a pair of temple extensions and at least one socket extending therefrom with a first mating surface accessible on an upper side of the pla... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527373 | Safety eyewear Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including: a lens permanently attached to a removable lens carrier; and a frame removably attached to the removable lens carrier, the removable lens carrier and the frame extend from a bottom of a side portion of the le... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7475981 | Auxiliary spectacles A auxiliary spectacles provided with a clamping mechanism includes a mechanism body, onto the ends of which the auxiliary spectacles lenses are mounted. The mechanism body between the two lenses of the auxiliary spectacles may be provided with an elastic pushing cla... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7461935 | Eyewear with inner and outer frame lens Eyewear includes an outer frame having a right temple arm and a left temple arm. An outer lens is secured to the outer frame. An inner frame is removably secured to the outer frame. An inner lens is positioned in the inner frame. A portion of the outer lens engages ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458679 | Spring-bridge for eyewear The clip-on lens assembly has a pair of lenses connected together by a uniquely shaped, spring-biased nose bridge wire that has a profile that substantially matches the profile of the nose bridge portion of a pair of eyewear. The bridge wire is connected to either t... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7452068 | Eyewear with clip-on frame and lens Eyewear includes an outer frame having a right temple arm and a left temple arm. An outer lens is secured to the outer frame. An inner frame is removably secured to one of the outer frame and the outer lens. An inner lens has a nosepiece and is secured to the inner ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452069 | Eyeframe with interchangeable lenspieces held by magnetic closure and interchangeable lens system An eyeframe uses a magnetic closure to attach a variety of interchangeable lenspieces to the eyeframe. The magnetic closure allows the wearer to interchange lenses depending on the circumstance. Furthermore, the magnetic closure securely closes but does not wear wit... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441889 | Auxiliary and primary eyewear with easy release snap connection Eyeglasses having a lens frame removably attached to a primary eyewear using easy release snap connection that provides effective resistance from the lens frame from becoming involuntarily detached from the primary eyewear. This arrangement allows the user to maximi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431453 | Modular eyewear system A modular eyewear system (700) including magnetic mounting means for releasable magnetic mounting of one or more eyewear elements (710) such as a loupe assembly or a similar magnification system to a frame member for wearing on a wearer's head. Both th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431450 | Eyeglasses with a wireless transceiver system A pair of eyeglasses includes an eyeglass frame, a nose unit fastened to the eyeglass frame with a screw, an eyeglass lens mounted in a mounting groove on the eyeglass frame and forced into engagement with the screw, two temples pivotally coupled to two coupling end... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422321 | Eyewear structure combinable with an accessory glasses unit An eyewear structure combinable with an accessory glasses unit comprises a main glasses unit and an accessory glasses unit each having assembly bores drilled at a bridge thereon wherein attracting elements with insert grooves and attracted elements with insert rod a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404634 | Detachable shelter frame for spectacles A spectacle set includes a primary spectacle and a detachable shelter frame. The primary spectacle includes two lenses, a primary bridge extended between two inner sides of the lenses respectively. The detachable shelter frame includes two shelter lenses, a shelter ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401917 | Detachable shelter frame for spectacles A spectacle set includes a primary spectacle and a detachable shelter frame. The primary spectacle includes two lenses, a primary bridge extended between two inner sides of the lenses respectively. The detachable shelter frame includes two shelter lenses, a shelter ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399078 | Attachment of prescription lenses to eyewear having wrap-type frames Eyewear having a curved frame includes a protruding cover lens unit. The cover lens unit can be removably attached to the curved frame to position a less curved non-prescription lens in a protruding position with respect to the curved frame, thereby creating a space... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396124 | Positioning structure for auxiliary eyeglasses A positioning structure for auxiliary eyeglasses comprises an auxiliary eyeglass frame of auxiliary eyeglasses with an additional function, having a bridge provided with a receiving space and a through hole formed on a back wall of the receiving space. A protective ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390086 | Clip on eyeware with insertable member An eyeglass frame assembly for coupling clip-on auxiliary spectacles to primary spectacles. The primary spectacles having a pair of cavities formed on one of the frame and the inside surface of rear extensions. The clip-on spectacles having a pair of insertable memb... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384141 | Auxiliary and primary eyewear with easy release snap connection Eyeglasses having a lens frame removably attached to a primary eyewear using easy release snap connection that provides effective resistance from said lens frame from becoming involuntarily detached from said primary eyewear. This arrangement allows the user to maxi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370961 | Interchangeable eyewear assembly An eyewear system enables a person to switch lenses among a variety of frames or switch a variety of lenses within a single frame. The lenses can be easily attached to and detached from a frame assembly that may or may not otherwise contain lenses. The lenses may be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370960 | Method and apparatus for viewing a golf putting green This invention provides binocular eyeglasses that have linear polarizing lenses to be employed by a golfer to examine the surface of a putting green as an aid in deciding the speed and direction of a puffing stroke. The planes of maximum transmission for the lenses ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364287 | Pivotally openable type spectacles and sunshade-clip assembly Disclosed herein is a pivotally openable spectacles and sunshade-clip assembly in which a sunshade-clip is pivotally rotatable about a pair of hinge arm units thereof after being attached to spectacles by use of corresponding spectacles magnets and clip magnets. The... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360889 | Universal clip-on eyeglasses This invention relates to one kind of universal clip-on eyeglasses that is used on optical frames. The clip-on glasses is comprised of a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism clamps onto the bridge of the bottom eyeglasses through a stretchable clip. The two en... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7344240 | Auxiliary eyewear attachment apparatus A method and apparatus for mounting auxiliary eyeglasses on conventional eyeglasses in which magnets are attached to temple extensions or temples on the conventional eyeglasses to mate with magnets mounted in appendages of the auxiliary eyeglasses. The magnets on th... | 03/18/2008 |