Vision directing sunglasses
OwnerCharles J. Sherman, Robert A. Shermaninventors
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Abstract
Sunglasses with vision directing sections comprise a frame with temples to hold the frame on the wearer's face and lenses in the frame. Each lens is tinted on its front and rear surfaces and one of those surfaces is further coated with a reflecting layer except in the area of the vision directing section. The sunglasses provide highlighted vision through the vision directing sections so that the wearer's vision is directed to that portion of their field of vision. The sunglasses are useful in a variety of activities where it is beneficial to direct attention to a select portion of a person's field of vision or where it is desirable to have a less shaded view through the sunglasses.
Claims17
A pair of sunglasses with a vision directing section comprising:
- a) a frame member for holding a pair of sunglass lenses;
- b) a pair of temple members connected to said frame member to position said sunglasses on a wearer's face;
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- c) a pair of lenses in said frames, each having a from and rear surface, each lens being tinted over the entire front and rear surface and having a reflecting layer applied to the entire area of the front or the rear surface except for a vision directing section which is generally rectangular in shape and has a height of about 3-7 mm and a width of about 22-32 mm.
A method of directing a person's vision toward a particular portion of the person's field of vision during an activity comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a pair of sunglasses with a vision directing section comprising:
- i) a frame member for holding a pair of sunglass lenses;
- ii) a pair of temple members connected to said frame member to position said sunglasses on the person's face;
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- iii) a pair of lenses in said frames, each having a front and rear surface, each lens being tinted over the entire front and rear surface and having a reflecting layer applied to the entire area of the front or the rear surface except for a vision directing section which is generally rectangular in shape and has a height of about 3-7 mm and a width of about 22-32 mm;
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- b) placing the sunglasses adjacent the person's eyes during said activity such that the vision directing sections of the lenses are in the portion of the person's field of vision to which vision is to be directed.
A pair of sunglasses with a vision direction section comprising:
- a) a frame member for holding a pair of sunglasses lens;
- b) a pair of temple members connected to said frame member to position said sunglasses on a wearer's face;
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- c) a pair of plastic lenses in said frames, each lens having a front and rear surface, each lens being tinted by a dye over the entire front and rear surface and having a vacuum deposited mirror coating reflecting layer applied to the entire area of the front surface except for a vision directing section positioned on the lenses so as to be below the horizontal vision line of the wearer, the vision directing section being generally rectangular in shape and having a height of about 3-7 mm and a width of about 22-32 mm, with the vision directing sections on the two lenses being centered about 64 mm apart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.