Impact absorbing elements for eyewear, including overmolded eyewear
AssigneeBrent Sheldon
InventorsBrent Sheldon, Guy Brousseau, Jr.
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Abstract
There is provided an impact absorbing element for eyewear, comprising a compressible and deformable impact absorbing material sized to fit over at least a portion of a lower edge of a lens of the eyewear, the impact absorbing material comprising an outer portion and an inner portion, at least one of which is capable of deforming against a wearer of the eyewear when the eyewear experiences an impact. There is also provided eyewear comprising at least one lens; a frame supporting the at least one lens; and the impact absorbing element.
Claims19
An impact absorbing element for eyewear comprising a compressible and deformable impact absorbing material bonded to and sized to fit over at least a portion of a lower edge of a lens or frame of the eyewear to cover both a front portion of the lens or frame and a rear portion of the lens or frame, the impact absorbing material comprising an outer portion over the front portion of the lens or frame and an inner portion over the rear portion of the lens or frame;
- wherein the outer portion is relatively larger than the inner portion at least prior to an impact;
- wherein the outer portion deforms in response to the impact while the inner portion deforms during the impact thereby causing a portion of the relatively larger outer portion of the impact absorbing material to move towards a wearer;
- and wherein the impact absorbing material at least partially reforms subsequent to the impact.
Eyewear comprising:
- at least one lens;
- a frame supporting the at least one lens;
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- an impact absorbing element comprising a compressible and deformable impact absorbing material bonded to and sized to fit over at least a portion of a lower edge of the lens or frame to cover both a front portion of the lens or frame and a rear portion of the lens or frame, the impact absorbing material comprising an outer portion over the front portion of the lens or frame and an inner portion over the rear portion of the lens or frame,
- wherein the outer portion is relatively larger than the inner portion at least prior to an impact;
- wherein the outer portion deforms in response to the impact while the inner portion deforms during the impact thereby causing a portion of the relatively larger outer portion of the impact absorbing material to move towards a wearer;
- and wherein the impact absorbing material at least partially reforms subsequent to the impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.