Magnifying safety glasses
OwnerArchibald Wesley Hursey, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A magnifying safety glasses assembly (10) for use by persons with presbyopia, the assembly (10) including a front safety eyepiece portion (11) made substantially of a transparent, nonmagnifying, shatter-proof material, and matching right and left temple portions (12), each affixed to an end of the front eyepiece portion (11), wherein the front safety eyepiece portion includes at least one built-in magnifying corrective segment (13) for correction of a user's near vision. The safety glasses assembly (10) preferably also includes a retainer strap (16) and earplugs (17), each earplug (17) being attached to an end of the retainer strap (16).
Claims15
A magnifying safety glasses assembly for use by persons with presbyopia, the assembly comprising:
- a front safety eyepiece portion made substantially of a transparent, nonmagnifying, shatter-proof material, matching right and left temple portions, each affixed to an opposite end of the front eyepiece portion, and further comprising a pair of earplugs;
- wherein the front safety eyepiece portion comprises at least one built-in magnifying corrective segment for correction of a user's near vision;
- the front safety eyepiece portion comprises a nose-piece extending laterally backwards from the lower center of the front eyepiece portion, and two of the built-in magnification segments, with one magnification segment on each side of the front safety eyepiece portion on either side of the nose-piece;
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- the front safety eyepiece portion and the two temple portions are each injection molded from a thermoplastic base material to form a unitary construction.
A magnifying safety glasses assembly for use by persons with presbyopia, the assembly comprising:
- a front safety eyepiece portion made substantially of a transparent, nonmagnifying, shatter-proof material, and matching right and left temple portions, each a fixed to an opposite end of the front eyepiece portion;
- wherein the front safety eyepiece portion comprises at least one built-in magnifying corrective segment for correction of a user's near vision;
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- wherein opposite ends of a retainer strap extend through opposite retainer strap notches in each temple portion.
A magnifying safety glasses assembly for use by persons with presbyopia, the assembly comprising:
- a front safety eyepiece portion made substantially of a transparent, nonmagnifying, shatter-proof material, and matching right and left temple portions, each affixed to an opposite end of the front eyepiece portion, and further comprising air slot in the front eyepiece portion or temple portions;
- wherein the front safety eyepiece portion comprises at least one built-in magnifying corrective segment for correction of a user's near vision;
- wherein the front safety eyepiece portion comprises a nose-piece extending laterally backwards from the lower center of the front eyepiece portion, and two of the built-in magnification segments, with one magnification segment on each side of the front safety eyepiece portion on either side of the nose-piece;
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- wherein the front safety eyepiece portion comprises one, or two matching, lenses surrounded by a frame, each lens comprising the built-in magnification segment.
A magnifying safety glasses assembly for use by persons with presbyopia, the assembly comprising:
- a) a one-piece front safety eyepiece portion made substantially of a transparent, nonmagnifying, shatter-proof, thermoplastic base material, the front safety eyepiece portion comprising a central indentation on its lower side for accommodating the user's nose;
- b) two matching built-in magnifying corrective segments for correction of a user's near vision, with one magnification segment on each side of the front eyepiece portion;
- c) matching right and left temple portions, each affixed at an anterior end to a corresponding end of the front safety eyepiece portion;
- d) a flexible retainer strap connecting the two temple portions;
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- e) two earplugs, each being affixed to one end of the retainer strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.