# US 9,519,159 B1 · Hunting visored eye shield > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,159 B1 - Document ID: US9519159B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/939,972 - Filed: 2015-11-12 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-12 - Assignees: Joseph Scott King - Applicants: Joseph Scott King - Inventors: Joseph Scott King - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519159B1 ## CPC - G02C 7/16: Shades; shields; Obturators, e.g. with pinhole, with slot {(G02C5/003 takes precedence)} - G02C 11/00: Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof (G02C7/16 takes precedence) - G02C 11/12: {Side shields for protection of the eyes} - G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00) ## Abstract An eyewear device for the primary purpose of concealing and camouflaging the wearer's eyes and eye movement during hunting activities. The eyewear device comprises an opaque shield and visor that covers, shades, and shadows the wearer's eyes and at the same time it greatly reduces ambient light that might be reflected from the eye so they are not visible to wildlife. The shield is designed with elongated openings that allow the wearer to have significantly unencumbered vision in a variety of daylight hunting conditions. The eyewear device's performance cannot be affected by fogging, scratching or precipitation. Furthermore the eyewear device's one-piece flexible design makes it durable enough to withstand the riggers of hunting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An eyewear device to conceal the eyes of a wearer from wildlife while allowing the wearer to see, said device comprising: a shield with a plurality of elongated openings there in; a visor integral to said shield spanning said elongated openings in said shield; a set of appendages integral to each end of said shield extending above said wearer's ears; means for blocking direct light and ambient light from said wearer's eyes, said means comprising an opaque material that covers, shades and shadows said wearer's eyes; and concealing means so that said eyes are not visible to wildlife, while allowing the wearer to view through said elongated openings, said means comprising said shield and said visor that covers, shades and shadows said wearer's eyes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said shield wraps around the face of said wearer so that the wearer's eyes are substantially concealed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said elongated openings in said shield are oriented horizontally and vertically in relationship to an upright positioned wearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 3, wherein said horizontal elongated openings in said shield provide a substantially unobstructed horizontal field view to said wearer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 3, wherein said horizontal elongated openings in said shield provide substantially unobstructed peripheral field of vision to said wearer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 3, wherein said vertical elongated openings in said shield provide a general forward looking and substantially unobstructed field of view below said field of view of said horizontal elongated opening to said wearer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said shield, substantially reduces ambient light that hits the wearer's eyes thus reducing light reflection from said wearer's eyes in said elongated openings. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 7, wherein said shield substantially protects said wearer's eyes from glare. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said visor facilitates the blocking of sunlight thus shading or casting a shadow over said wearer's eyes in said apertures. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 9, wherein said visor, substantially reduces ambient light that hits the wearer's eyes thus reducing light reflection from said wearer's eyes in said apertures. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, further comprising of a nose rest integral to said shield. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 11, wherein said nose rest having means of support thereto. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said integral appendages on said shield extend above the ears having means of support thereto. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 13, wherein said appendages include two openings having means for securing the device to said wearer with a length of cording or other type lanyard device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said eyewear device carries a camouflage finish. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 15, wherein said camouflage finish may include camouflage design, camouflage pattern, or uniform camouflage hue. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 16, wherein said camouflage design is a registered patent or trademark or commercial design. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 16, wherein said camouflage pattern is a design created with dyes or colorant, separately or in combination with sandblasting, media-blasting, or chemical etch of the tool in the plastic injection mold manufacturing process. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) An eyewear device, as recited in claim 16, wherein said uniform camouflage hue is a design created with dyes or colorant, separately or in combination with sandblasting, media-blasting, or chemical etch of the tool in the plastic injection mold manufacturing process.