Optics mount for over-the-glasses eyewear

Protective eyewear for wearing over corrective eyeglasses and having a bridging member that joins a left and a right frame portion, wherein the bridging member comprises:

• a) a right coupling arm that extends from a central body of the bridging member in a first direction and that is configured for fastening to the right frame portion that supports a right lens of the protective eyewear;
• b) a left coupling arm that extends from the central body of the bridging member in a second direction that is opposite the first direction and that is configured for fastening to the left frame portion that supports a left lens of the protective eyewear;
• c) a nose bridge that extends from the bridging member in a direction orthogonal to the left and right coupling arms, wherein an extension distance of the nose bridge from the central body is adjustable for seating the bridging member against a wearer's nose;
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• d) a display coupling that extends from the bridging member and that is configured to removably grip and suspend an output element of an electronically energized optical system over one of, or both, the right and left lens of the protective eyewear,
• wherein at least one of the right and left coupling arms fasten to the corresponding right or left frame portion to form a hinge.