Eyewear attachment assembly connectable to headgear
AssigneeGauss Technologies LLC
InventorsStephen Joseph MASSIMI, Donald Scott PEEBLES, Scott BEMIS
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Abstract
An eyewear attachment assembly is provided for configuring headgear to magnetically retain eyewear. The eyewear attachment assembly includes first and second attachment brackets, wherein a rearward side of each of the first and second attachment brackets includes a concave region configured for snap-connection onto a respective headgear feature, such as a pivot pin or a pivot bracket pivotably mounted on the pivot pin or a yoke of the headgear.
Claims20
An eyewear attachment assembly for connecting eyewear to headgear, the eyewear attachment assembly comprising:
- a lens unit configured for protecting a user's eyes, the lens unit including at least one lens and a frame, the lens unit including side located first attachment units extending rearwardly from the frame;
- a pair of second attachment units configured for connection to headgear, wherein each second attachment unit comprises a forward side and a rearward side, wherein, for each second attachment unit, the rearward side is configured for snap-connection onto a headgear feature such that the second attachment unit can be selectively removed from the headgear feature by pulling the second attachment unit away from the headgear feature;
- wherein each first attachment unit includes a first magnetic connector and the forward side of each second attachment unit includes a second magnetic connector, wherein the first magnetic connectors are magnetically attracted to the second magnetic connectors for holding the lens unit to the headgear while enabling removal of the lens unit by pulling the first magnetic connectors away from the second magnetic connectors;
- wherein a removal force required to pull the first magnetic connectors away from the second magnetic connectors is less than a removal force required to pull the second attachment units off of the headgear features.
A method of adapting headgear for receiving eyewear, the headgear including a first earmuff with a first pivot feature facing forwardly and a second earmuff with a second pivot feature facing forwardly, the method comprising:
- utilizing a first attachment bracket with a snap-connection feature and a second attachment bracket with a snap-connection feature;
- snap-connecting the first attachment bracket onto the first pivot feature such that the first attachment bracket will pivot with or about the first pivot feature;
- snap-connecting the second attachment bracket onto the second pivot feature such that the second attachment bracket will pivot with or about the second pivot feature.
A method of adapting headgear for receiving eyewear, the headgear including a first earmuff with a first pivot bracket facing forwardly and a second earmuff with a second pivot bracket facing forwardly, wherein the first pivot bracket lacks any magnet and the second pivot bracket lacks any magnet, the method comprising:
- removing the first pivot bracket from the first earmuff;
- removing the second pivot bracket from the second earmuff;
- snap-connecting a first attachment bracket to the first earmuff, the first attachment bracket carrying a first magnet;
- snap-connecting a second attachment bracket to the second earmuff, the second attachment bracket carrying a second magnet.
An eyewear attachment assembly for configuring headgear to magnetically retain eyewear, the eyewear attachment assembly comprising:
- first and second attachment brackets, wherein a rearward side of each of the first and second attachment brackets is configured for snap-connection onto a respective headgear feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.