Novelty eyeglasses

• US 4,283,127 A
• Filed: 11/29/1979
• Issued: 08/11/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lakeside Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
• Inventors: Rosenwinkel, Donald A., Disko, Harry
• Primary Examiner(s): Corbin, John K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): de los Reyes, B. W.
• Application Number:
  US06/098,551
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 351/158, 351/122, 40/402, 40/363, 40/464, 40/546, 40/559, 40/514, 40/153, 40/130, 46/1 R, 2/426, 2/454, D21/240, 250/199, 350/336, 350/330, 350/347, 240/6.43
• US Class Current: 351/158
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/04 Illuminating means

Abstract

A pair of novelty eyeglasses includes a frame for supporting them on the wearer'"'"'s head and a pair of transparent lenses. The frame includes a pair of support earpieces connected by hinges to the frames. Two light emitting diodes or LEDs are secured to the frame, one adjacent each lense and connected to a portable source of power, such as small batteries, mounted in one of the earpieces. A hinge switch, defined at one of the hinges connecting one of the earpieces to the frame, must be closed by moving the respective earpiece to the open position before the LEDs can be actuated. A manually actuatable switch is secured to the frame in series with the batteries and the light emitting diodes. The manually actuatable switch can be selectively closed by the user to energize the LEDs thereby creating a novel effect.

Claims

1. A pair of eyeglasses comprising:

a frame;

a pair of lens apertures in said frame;

a pair of earpieces secured to said frame; and

means for emitting light mounted on said frame, said light emitting means including an extension of said frame extending into said lens apertures and a light emitting device in each said extension at a location relative to each of said lens apertures to simulate light being emitted from approximately the cornea of the eyes of the user of said eyeglasses.

2. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 1 further comprising a selectively operable switch means for coupling a source of energy to said light emitting means.

3. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 1 further comprising a pair of hinges connecting said first and second earpieces to said frame.

4. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 3 further comprising an interrupter switch means defined by one of said hinges for coupling said light emitting means with a source of energy.

5. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 1 wherein each said light emitting device comprises a light emitting diode.

6. Novelty eyeglasses, comprising:

a frame;

first and second lenses mounted in said frame;

light emitting means for emitting light;

first and second earpieces secured to said frame;

first manually actuatable switch means for energizing said light emitting means; and

second switch means for energizing said light emitting means, said second switch means comprises a first switchblade secured to said frame and a second switchblade secured to one of said first and second earpieces for contact when the earpiece is in its open position.

7. The eyeglasses claimed in claim 6 wherein said light emitting means comprises first and second light emitting diodes mounted adjacent said first and second lenses.

8. The eyeglasses claimed in claim 7 wherein said first and second diodes emit colored light.

9. The eyeglasses claimed in claim 6 wherein one of said first and second earpieces includes energy means for energizing said light emitting means.

10. A novelty device, comprising:

a frame;

a pair of lenses mounted in said frame;

a pair of light emitting elements mounted on said frame adjacent said lenses;

so as to simulate light being emitted from approximately the cornea of the eyes of the user of said eye glasses

a pair of ear members mounted on said frame;

a first manually actuatable switch mounted on said eyeglasses electrically connected to said light emitting elements; and

a second switch including a first plate electrically connected to said light emitting elements and a second plate electrically connected to a source of electricity.

11. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 10 further comprising hinge means for connecting said ear members to said frame.

12. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 10 wherein said first plate of said second switch is mounted on said frame and said second plate of said second switch is mounted on one of said ear members.

13. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 10 wherein said light emitting elements comprises light emitting diodes.

14. The eyeglasses set forth in claim 10 wherein one of said ear members includes means for carrying a source of electrical energy.