Colored/Tinted contact lens preview device

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates generally to a colored/tinted contact lens preview device, and more particularly pertains to a colored/tinted contact lens preview device which is a beauty mirror sales aid to enable a person considering purchasing or wearing colored or tinted contact lenses to preview a particular color or tint pattern as it would appear as a colored or tinted contact lens on the eye of that person.

#2. Discussion of the Prior Art

#The foregoing objects and advantages of the present invention for a colored/tinted contact lens preview device may be more readily understood by one skilled in the art with reference being had to the following detailed description of several embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like elements are designated by identical reference numerals throughout the several views, and in which:

#FIG. 1 illustrates a first preferred embodiment of the preview device of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a sectional view through the preview device of FIG. 1 taken along arrows 2-2 in FIG. 1.

#The colored/tinted contact lens preview device of the present invention enables a prospective purchaser or wearer of colored or tinted contact lenses to preview the appearance of different color or tint patterns of contact lenses as they would appear as a colored or tinted contact lens on the eye of the person. The preview device comprises a transparent substrate with a selection of different color or tint circular or annular/toroidal patterns, each of which simulates a contact lens with that particular color or tint pattern. In usage, a person views their eye in a mirror with a particular color or tint pattern of interest superimposed over the eye, such that the preview device simulates the appearance of that particular color or tint contact lens on the eye of the person.

#Several different embodiments on a colored/tinted contact lens preview device are disclosed and illustrated herein.

#FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a first preferred embodiment of the preview device of the present invention wherein FIG. 1 is a front plan view of the preview device 10, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view through the preview device 10 taken along arrows 2-2 in FIG. 1. The preview device 10 comprises a rotatably mounted, disc shaped, transparent substrate 12 which has a plurality of different color or tint circular or annular/toroidal, contact lens simulating patterns 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f and 14g printed thereon so as to be periodically spaced around its circumference. In one designed embodiment, the transparent disc substrate 12 is formed of BX 188 Pentaclear vinyl film having printed thereon color contact lens simulating patterns to showcase each of 7 different color or tint contact lens patterns with their respective opaque and enhancer names on a 4″ diameter, 0.012″ thick uncoated disc. Pentaclear BX 188 is commercially available from Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. and is a rigid homopolymer vinyl film with very high impact strength which provides excellent cosmetic, clarity and high gloss qualities.