Protective flex eyewear
AssigneeWm. T. Burnett IP, LLC
InventorAustin Brown
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Abstract
Protective eyewear including a base, a floating protective wireframe (or lenses), an ear piece and a nose piece. The base can be substantially oval in shape, such that the base can surround the eyes of a user wearing the protective eyewear apparatus. The protective cage connects to the frame by snap fit or other means, and is otherwise spaced from and free-floating relative to the frame. This results in eyewear that is more comfortable to wear on a continuous basis and more reliable protection, at least meeting ASTM F 803-03 impact requirements.
Claims34
Protective sports eyewear, comprising
- a resilient frame configured to extend around a portion of the head of a player at said player's brow, said frame having opposing temple portions extending on either side of said head and joined by a brow piece spanning said player's brow;
- a protective element configured for cooperative conformance with said frame and comprising a middle portion affixed to said frame, said protective element further comprising opposing side portions extending laterally from said middle portion toward said temple portions, said side portions being un-affixed to said frame so as to remain free-floating relative to said frame, said middle portion and side portions together defining a viewing aperture surrounding both eyes of said player.
A method of affixing a protective element to a resilient frame of a protective eyewear, comprising the steps of:
- providing a resilient frame having opposing temple portions configured to extend on either side of a wearer's head and joined by a brow piece spanning said wearer's brow;
- providing a protective element configured for cooperative conformance with said frame and comprising a middle portion occupying the middle third of said protective element and flanked by opposing side portions extending laterally from said middle portion,
- affixing said middle portion of said protective element to said resilient frame while maintaining said opposing side portions in an un-affixed state relative to said frame such that the opposing side portions of said protective element remain free-floating relative to said frame;
- whereby said temple portions and said brow piece are permitted to flex independently of the side portions of said protective element in order to accommodate said wearer's head shape or size.
Protective sports eyewear, comprising:
- an eyeglass frame formed from a resilient material and having opposing temple arms extending on either side of the head of a wearer and joined to an arched brow piece spanning said wearer's brow;
- a protective element defining a viewing aperture;
- an intermediate attachment bracket for attaching said protective element to said eyeglass frame, said attachment bracket being fixedly attached to a central portion of said protective element leaving the remaining portions of said protective element unattached and free to float on either side of said attachment bracket in relative proximity to said eyeglass frame at a predetermined spacing between said protective element and said eyeglass frame when so attached, and;
- a nose piece attached to said bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.