Rotatable and removable auxiliary eyewear system

• US 20050046786A1
• Filed: 01/29/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E'Lite Optik Incorporated
• Original Assignee: E'Lite Optik Incorporated
• Inventors: Smith, Greg
• Application Number:
  US10/767,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20050046786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/47
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/02 Magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 9/00 Attaching auxiliary optical parts auxiliary optical parts per se G02C7/08 - G02C7/16

Abstract

The present invention discloses a unique and novel system for attaching an auxiliary lens assembly to a primary lens assembly in which the attachment includes two alternative positions, a lowered position and a raised position. In the lower position, the person wearing the eyewear system views through both the primary lenses and auxiliary lenses. Primary magnets attach to auxiliary extensions to magnetically secure the assemblies in the lowered position. The auxiliary lens assembly may easily be flipped upwards into the raised position. The opposite side of the primary magnets attach to auxiliary magnets to magnetically secure the assemblies in the raised position. In the raised position, the person wearing the eyewear system views only through the primary lenses. As a further option, the auxiliary lens assembly is easily removable from the primary lens assembly, allowing for separate storage of the auxiliary lens assembly when not needed.

Claims

1. An eyewear system comprising:

a primary lens assembly comprising;

a primary frame for retaining a pair of primary lenses;

a pair of primary magnets attached to the primary frame;

an auxiliary lens assembly comprising;

an auxiliary frame for retaining a pair of auxiliary lenses;

a pair of first magnetic members;

a pair of second magnetic members; and

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whereas the primary magnets magnetically engage the first magnetic members when the auxiliary lenses are substantially aligned with the primary lenses; and

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whereas the primary magnets are magnetically engagable with the second magnetic members when the auxiliary frame is rotated upward.

4. The eyewear system of claim 1, further comprising:

a leg portion attached to each primary lens.

5. The eyewear system of claim 1, further comprising:

whereas the arms contact the primary frame extension when the auxiliary frame is aligned with the primary frame so as to further prevent disengagement of the auxiliary lens assembly from the primary lens assembly.

6. The eyewear system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plastic sleeve located on the auxiliary extension.

2. An eyewear system comprising:

a primary lens assembly comprising;

a primary frame for retaining a pair of primary lenses;

a pair of primary magnetic members attached to the primary frame;

an auxiliary lens assembly comprising;

an auxiliary frame for retaining a pair of auxiliary lenses;

a pair of first auxiliary magnets;

a pair of second auxiliary magnets; and

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whereas the primary magnetic members magnetically engage the first magnets when the auxiliary lenses are substantially aligned with the primary lenses; and

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whereas the primary magnets are magnetically engagable with the second magnetic members when the auxiliary frame is rotated upward.

3. An eyewear system comprising:

a primary lens assembly comprising;

a primary frame for retaining a pair of primary lenses;

a pair of primary extensions extending from opposite sides of the primary frame; and

,

a primary magnet located in each primary extension;

an auxiliary lens assembly comprising;

an auxiliary frame for retaining a pair of auxiliary lenses;

a pair of magnetically attractable auxiliary extensions extending from opposite sides of the auxiliary frame;

an arm extending rearward from each auxiliary extension, and,

an auxiliary magnet located in each arm; and

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whereas the primary magnets magnetically engage the auxiliary extensions when the auxiliary lenses are substantially aligned with the primary lenses; and

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whereas the primary magnets are magnetically engagable with the auxiliary magnets when the auxiliary frame is rotated upward.

7. An eyewear system comprising:

a primary lens assembly comprising;

a primary frame for retaining a pair of primary lenses;

a pair of primary extensions extending from opposite sides of the primary frame; and

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an auxiliary lens assembly comprising;

an auxiliary frame for retaining a pair of auxiliary lenses;

a pair of auxiliary extensions extending from opposite sides of the auxiliary frame;

a first auxiliary magnet located in each auxiliary extension;

an arm extending rearward from each auxiliary extension, and,

a second auxiliary magnet located in each arm; and

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whereas the primary magnets magnetically engage the first auxiliary magnets when the auxiliary frame is aligned substantially parallel to the primary frame; and

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whereas the primary magnets are magnetically engagable with the second auxiliary magnets when the auxiliary frame is aligned substantially perpendicular to the primary frame.