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US 12,717,163 B2Granted
Metal detectable protective eyewear
AssigneeRadians, Inc.
InventorCynthia Bullion-Lawarre
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Abstract
Protective eyewear includes a lens body, a metal marker, and a marker holder. The lens body has a first lens, a second lens, and a nosepiece interconnecting the first lens and the second lens. The marker holder is coupled to the lens body and formed to include a metal receiver to receive the metal marker therein so that the metal marker is detectable upon placement of the protective eyewear near a metal detector.
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Protective eyewear comprising:
- a lens body configured to protect eyes of a user, the lens body having a first lens, a second lens, and a nosepiece interconnecting the first lens and the second lens,
- a metal marker including metallic materials, and
- a marker holder formed to include a forwardly-facing metal receiver to receive the metal marker therein and configured to couple the metal marker to the lens body without embedding the metal marker in the lens body,
- wherein the marker holder is coupled to a top portion of the lens body to extend above the first lens, the second lens, and the nosepiece,
- wherein the forwardly-facing metal receiver formed in the marker holder is a long, narrow groove that extends above the first lens, the second lens, and the nosepiece and is sized to receive the metal marker therein, and the long, narrow groove formed in the marker holder is filled with materials of the lens body to prevent removal of the metal marker therefrom.
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Protective eyewear comprising:
- a lens body having a first lens, a second lens, and a nosepiece interconnecting the first lens and the second lens,
- a metal marker including metallic materials, and
- a marker holder configured to couple the metal marker to the lens body without embedding the metal marker in the lens body, the marker holder formed to include a metal receiver to receive the metal marker therein, and the marker holder being coupled to a top portion of the lens body to extend above the first lens, the second lens, and the nosepiece,
- wherein the metal receiver formed in the marker holder is a forwardly-facing groove sized to receive the metal marker therein, and the forwardly-facing groove extends above the first lens, the second lens, and the nosepiece,
- wherein the forwardly-facing groove is filled with materials of the lens body to prevent removal of the metal marker therefrom.
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A method of making protective eyewear comprising:
- providing a first mold cavity, a second mold cavity, and a metal marker,
- filling the first mold cavity with a first liquid material to form a marker holder including an elongated forwardly-facing groove,
- inserting the metal marker comprising an elongated metal wire into the elongated forwardly-facing groove,
- inserting the marker holder with the metal marker positioned therein into the second mold cavity,
- filling the second mold cavity with a second liquid material, and
- forming a lens body coupled with the marker holder,
- the lens body being configured to protect eyes of a user and the lens body having a first lens, a second lens, and a nosepiece interconnecting the first lens and the second lens,
- wherein the step of forming includes filling the elongated forwardly-facing groove with the second liquid material of the lens body so that the elongated metal wire is fixed in the elongated forwardly-facing groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.