Sunglasses for fitting over prescription eyewear

A construction for sunglasses adapted and dimensioned to fit over prescription eyewear having conventional nose-pad means and eyeglasses temples, the sunglasses construction comprising:

• a lens frame having opposing front and rear faces and right and left lens rims each defining respective lens openings, the lens frame further including a bridge between upper portions of the lens rims and a nose-encircling edge below the bridge;
• right and left lens each supported by the corresponding lens rim in the respective opening;
• elongated right and left sunglasses temples, each sunglasses temple pivotably fitted to and extending generally rearwardly from a corresponding side of the lens frame;
• the lens rims and the bridge are dimensioned so that the nose-encircling edge is spaced from the conventional nose pads of the prescription eyeglasses when worn by a user;
• and wherein
• the lens frame further comprises a light-blocking upper panel extending rearwardly from the lens frame above the bridge.

A construction for sunglasses adapted and dimensioned to fit over prescription eyewear having conventional nose-pad means and eyeglasses temples, the sunglasses construction comprising:

• a lens frame having opposing front and rear faces and right and left lens rims each defining respective lens openings, the lens frame further including a bridge between upper portions of the lens rims and a nose-encircling edge below the bridge;
• right and left lens each supported by the corresponding lens rims in the respective opening;
• elongated right and left sunglasses, temples, each sunglasses temple pivotably fitted to and extending generally rearwardly from a corresponding side of the lens frame;
• the lens rims and the bridge are dimensioned so that the nose-encircling edge is spaced from the conventional nose pads of the prescription eyeglasses when worn by a user;
• and wherein
• each temple comprises an inner, generally concave surface portion facing toward the opposing temple, the concavity thereof shaped and dimensioned to receive therein the temples of a variety of the prescription eyewear.

In combination:

• a pair of prescription eyeglasses having right and left lens, a bridge supporting the lens, right and left nose pads each in fixed relation to the corresponding lens, and right and left temples each pivotably joined at one end adjacent a side of the corresponding lens;
• a sunglasses lens frame and right and left sunglasses lens rims each defining respective sunglasses lens openings, each sunglasses lens rim having an upper portion and a lower portion with a sunglasses bridge between the upper portions thereof, the sunglasses front lens frame and the sunglasses rims being dimensioned to fit over the prescription eyeglasses;
• right and left sunglasses lens each supported by the corresponding sunglasses lens rim in the respective opening;
• a light-blocking upper panel extending rearwardly from the upper portion of the sunglasses lens rims and the sunglasses bridge, the light-blocking upper panel being curved to generally conform to the forehead of a wearer;
• and wherein
• the sunglasses lens frame is free of any rearwardly-extending panel along the lower portion of the sunglasses lens rims and includes a nose-encircling edge below the sunglasses bridge, the sunglasses lens rims and the sunglasses bridge being dimensioned so that the nose-encircling edge is free of, and is spaced outwardly from the nose-pads of the prescription eyeglasses.

A construction for sunglasses adapted and dimensioned to fit over prescription eyewear, the construction comprising:

• a lens frame having opposing front and rear faces and right and left lens rims each defining respective lens openings, the lens frame further including a bridge between upper portions of the lens rims;
• right and left lenses each supported by the corresponding lens rim in the respective opening;
• elongated right and left sunglasses temples, each sunglasses temple fitted at a pivot to and extending generally rearwardly from a corresponding side of the lens frame;
• and
• an inner, generally concave surface portion along each temple facing towards the opposing temple, the concavity thereof shaped and dimensioned to receive therein the temples of a variety of prescription eyewear.