Illuminated Eyeglass Assembly

• US 20110211156A1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edward Beiner
• Original Assignee: Edward Beiner
• Inventors: Beiner, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 8,485,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/158
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/04 Illuminating means

Abstract

An illuminated eyeglass assembly includes one or more temple members having an integral lighting assembly structured and disposed to provide an illumination region proximate a user, for example, to illuminate an item within an arm'"'"'s length of the user. Each integral light assembly includes at least one light source interconnected to a power source via a switch mechanism. Each of the light sources produce a light beam, and the light sources are structured and disposed such that the light beams provide an illumination region immediately proximate the user, thereby permitting the user to perceptively view an item in a low light environment, such as, to permit the user to read menu or a check in a restaurant or nightclub. A system is provided to retrofit an existing eyeglass assembly with one or more temple member having an integral lighting assembly.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. Illuminated eyewear comprising:

a pair of elongate temple arms each having forward and rearward end portions;

inner and outer surface portions of each temple arm having a substantially flat configuration and extending lengthwise along the temple arms;

a front support including a bridge portion extending laterally between and interconnected to the forward end portions of the temple arms with the temple arms and bridge portion adapted to be supported on a user'"'"'s ears and nose, respectively;

a light source mounted to each temple arm to project forwardly from the forward end portion thereof;

a plurality of disc-shaped batteries for providing power to the light sources; and

a narrow battery compartment of each temple arm laterally between the respective flat inner and outer surface portions thereof, the narrow battery compartment having a thin lateral width between the flat temple arm inner and outer surface portions sized so that a pair of the disc batteries are received in a non-overlapping arrangement in each compartment with main surfaces of the batteries facing the flat inner and outer surface portions of the respective temple arms.