Collapsible Eyeglass Apparatus

An eyeglass apparatus comprising a left eyeglass portion, a right eyeglass portion, and a link operatively connected to the left and right eyeglass portions, the left eyeglass portion comprising a left lens, the right eyeglass portion comprising a right lens, each of the left and right lenses including a medial edge portion, a lateral edge portion, an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, an inwardly facing lens face, and an outwardly facing lens face, the link being configured to permit the eyeglass apparatus to transition between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration;

• the extended configuration being a configuration in which:
• (a) the eyeglass apparatus is adapted to be worn by a user in a conventional eyeglass wearing orientation, the conventional eyeglass wearing orientation being an orientation in which the inwardly facing lens faces of the left and right lenses generally face left and right eyes, respectively, of the user and the outwardly facing lens faces of the left and right lenses generally face away from the left and right eyes, respectively;
• (b) the medial edge portions of the left and right lenses are generally between the lateral edge portion of the left lens and the lateral edge portion of the right lens;
• the collapsed configuration being a configuration in which:
• (a) the inwardly facing lens face of one of the left and right lenses faces the outwardly facing lens face of the other of the left and right lenses;
• (b) the medial edge portion of the left lens is closer to the medial edge portion of the right lens than to the lateral edge portion of the right lens;
• (c) the left and right lenses are nested together;
• the link and the left and right eyeglass portions being arranged and configured such that with the eyeglass apparatus in the extended configuration and being worn by a user in said conventional eyeglass wearing orientation, at least one of the left and right eyeglass portions blocks the link from view of a person face-to-face with the user and facing the outwardly facing lens faces of the left and right lenses.

An eyeglass apparatus comprising a left eyeglass portion, a right eyeglass portion, and a link operatively connected to the left and right eyeglass portions, the left eyeglass portion comprising a left lens, the right eyeglass portion comprising a right lens, each of the left and right lenses including a medial edge portion, a lateral edge portion, an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, an inwardly facing lens face, and an outwardly facing lens face, the link being configured to permit the eyeglass apparatus to transition between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration, one of the left and right eyeglass portions includes a plug and the other of the left and right eyeglass portions includes a socket;

• the extended configuration being a configuration in which:
• (a) the eyeglass apparatus is adapted to be worn by a user in a conventional eyeglass wearing orientation, the conventional eyeglass wearing orientation being an orientation in which the inwardly facing lens faces of the left and right lenses generally face left and right eyes, respectively, of the user and the outwardly facing lens faces of the left and right lenses generally face away from the left and right eyes, respectively;
• (b) the medial edge portions of the left and right lenses are generally between the lateral edge portion of the left lens and the lateral edge portion of the right lens;
• the collapsed configuration being a configuration in which:
• (a) the inwardly facing lens face of one of the left and right lenses faces the outwardly facing lens face of the other of the left and right lenses;
• (b) the medial edge portion of the left lens is closer to the medial edge portion of the right lens than to the lateral edge portion of the right lens;
• (c) the left and right lenses are nested together;
• the plug and socket being sized and configured such that the plug is within the socket when the eyeglass apparatus is in the extended configuration.