Surface modified lens
AssigneeOakley, Inc.
InventorJames H. Jannard
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Abstract
Disclosed is a lens for eyeglasses having at least one optical zone and at least one peripheral zone. At least a portion of the surface of the lens in the peripheral zone is modified such as by the removal of lens material or the addition of material to the surface of the lens. The lens may extend throughout the wearer's entire angular range of vision. In another embodiment of the present invention, independent surface modified lenses are placed in the wearer's left and right fields of vision.
Claims41
A lens for eyeglasses for participation in active sports, comprising:
- a top edge and a bottom edge, the bottom edge having a nose opening therein for mounting the lens on the nose of a wearer and for defining a right and a left lens optical zones;
- said lens having an arcuate horizontal cross-sectional configuration, wherein the lens curves across the face of the wearer and extends into both the wearer's left eye and right eye fields of vision;
- said lens having an outer convex surface and inner concave surface, the outer convex surface having a peripheral zone at least partially surrounding the optical zones;
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- said peripheral zone comprising an etched surface adjacent at least one of the optical zones, for intercepting light adjacent the optical zone, wherein the thickness of the lens through the etched surface is less than the thickness of the lens outside the peripheral zone.
A lens for eyeglasses for participation in active sports, comprising:
- a top edge and a bottom edge, the bottom edge having a nose opening therein for mounting the lens on the nose of a wearer and for defining a right lens optical zone and a left lens optical zone;
- said lens having an arcuate horizontal cross-sectional configuration, wherein the lens curves across the face of the wearer and extends into both the wearer's left eye and right eye fields of vision;
- said lens having an outer convex surface and inner concave surface, the outer convex surface having a left peripheral zone surrounding at least a part of the left optical zone and a right peripheral zone surrounding at least a part of the right optical zone;
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- at least one left etched surface that reduces the thickness of the lens within the left peripheral zone adjacent the left optical zone and at least one right etched surface that reduces the thickness of the lens within the right peripheral zone adjacent the right optical zone.
A pair of eyeglasses, said eyeglasses being suitable for participation in active sports, comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of earstems pivotably attached to the frame;
- a left lens having at least one left optical zone and one left peripheral zone and at least one surface groove in the left peripheral zone at least partially defining the periphery of the left optical zone, the left lens positioned by the frame within the field of vision of a wearer's left eye;
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- a right lens having at least one right optical zone and one right peripheral zone and at least one surface groove in the right peripheral zone at least partially defining the periphery of the right optical zone, the right lens positioned by the frame within the field of vision of a wearer's right eye.
A lens for eyeglasses for participation in active sports, said lens comprising:
- a top edge and a bottom edge, the bottom edge having a nose opening therein for mounting the lens on the nose of a wearer and for defining a right and a left lens optical zones;
- said lens having an arcuate horizontal cross-sectional configuration, wherein the lens curves across the face of the wearer and extends into both the wearer's left eye and right eye fields of vision;
- said lens having an outer convex surface and inner concave surface, the outer convex surface having a peripheral zone at least partially surrounding the optical zones;
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- said peripheral zone completely surrounding each of the optical zones, said peripheral zone comprising an etched surface, for intercepting light adjacent the optical zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.