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US 7,036,927 B2Granted
Face foam free protective eyewear with inner liner and vent
OwnerRudolph J. Kopferinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides protective eyewear for indoor and outdoor activities. In particular the present invention provides eyewear with an inner liner that protects the wearer's eyes from wind, dust, moisture, glare, allergens, and damaging ultraviolet radiation, while preventing lens fogging with a direct or indirect venting system.
Claims34
An eyewear insert for protecting a wearer's eyes, comprising:
- a flexible or semi-rigid anatomically-molded inner liner comprising a front surface that closely contacts an inner surface of an eyewear frame or lens, and a back surface that substantially contacts skin around a wearers eyes, so that one or more deadspaces are created between said eyewear frame or lens and said wearer's eyes, by substantially filling the gap between said eyewear frame or said lens and said skin around a wearer's eyes, wherein said front surface comprises indirect baffled vents for channeling airflow through said deadspaces, said back surface comprises a serrated pattern, said liner does not comprise face foam and wherein said inner liner is sized for attachment to an inner surface of an eyewear frame or co-molded as part of an eyewear frame.
Protective eyewear comprising at least one lens, an eyewear frame having temple bars or a strap, and an eyewear insert for protecting a wearer's eyes, comprising:
- a flexible or semi-rigid anatomically-molded inner liner comprising a front surface that closely contacts an inner surface of an eyewear frame or lens, and a back surface that substantially contacts skin around a wearers eyes, so that one or more deadspaces are created between said eyewear frame or lens and said wearer's eyes, by substantially filling the gap between said eyewear frame or said lens and said skin around a wearer's eyes, wherein said front surface comprises indirect baffled vents for channeling airflow through said deadspaces, said back surface comprises a serrated pattern, said liner does not comprise face foam and wherein said inner liner is sized for attachment to an inner surface of an eyewear frame or co-molded as part of an eyewear frame.
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