Sun visor for eyeglasses

• US 6,711,744 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2002
• Issued: 03/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rita M. Hockenbury
• Original Assignee: Rita M. Hockenbury
• Inventors: Hockenbury, Rita M.
• Primary Examiner(s): MORAN, KATHERINE M
• Application Number:
  US10/096,005
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 2 1/0, 2 1/2, 2 1/3, 220/913, 217/51, 219/51, 245/5, 351/155
• US Class Current: 2/13
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/045 Eye-shades or visors; Shields beside, between or below the eyes caps with means for protecting the eyes A42B1/018

Abstract

A sun visor device including a panel of a flexible material, a first elastic loop affixed to a bottom surface of the panel adjacent a forward edge of the panel, a second elastic loop affixed to the bottom surface of the panel adjacent a rearward edge of the panel, a third elastic loop affixed to the bottom surface of the panel adjacent to the forward edge and at an opposite end of the panel and a fourth elastic loop affixed to the bottom surface of the panel adjacent the rearward edge and adjacent to the opposite end of the panel. The panel is of a quarter moon shape. An eyeglasses frame has a first temple extending through the first and second elastic loops and a second temple extending through the third and fourth loops.

Claims

1. A sun visor device comprising:

a panel of flexible material, said panel having a forward edge and a rearward edge, said panel having a top surface and a bottom surface;

a first elastic loop affixed to said bottom surface of said panel adjacent said forward edge and adjacent one end of said panel;

a second elastic loop affixed to said bottom surface of said panel adjacent said rearward edge and adjacent said one end of said panel;

a third elastic loop affixed to said bottom surface of said panel adjacent said forward edge and adjacent an opposite end of said panel; and

a fourth elastic loop affixed to a bottom surface of said panel adjacent said rearward edge and adjacent said opposite end of said panel, said first elastic loop extending toward said rearward edge for less than one-half of a width of said panel at said first elastic loop, said second elastic loop extending toward said forward edge for less than one-half of a width of said panel at said second elastic loop.

2. The device of claim 1, said forward edge and said rearward edge converging at said one end of said panel and at said opposite end of said panel.

3. The device of claim 2, said first and second elastic loops positioned inwardly of said one end of said panel, said third and fourth elastic loops positioned inwardly at said opposite end of said panel.

4. The device of claim 1, said panel being of a quarter moon shape.

5. The device of claim 1, said panel having a hem of a cloth material affixed thereover along said forward and rearward edges.

6. The device of claim 5, each of said first elastic loop, said second elastic loop, said third elastic loop and said fourth elastic loop having a portion interposed between said hem and said panel.

7. The device of claim 1, said third elastic loop extending toward said rearward edge for less than one-half of a width of said panel at said third elastic loop, said fourth elastic loop extending toward said forward edge for less than one-half of a width of said panel at said fourth elastic loop.

8. The device of claim 1, said third and fourth elastic loops haying a similar orientation respectively on said bottom surface as said first and second elastic loops.

9. The device of claim 1, said top surface of said panel having display indicia printed thereon.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an eyeglasses frame having a first temple extending outwardly from one side thereof and a second temple extending outwardly from an opposite side thereof, said first and second elastic loops receiving said first temple therethrough, said third and fourth elastic loops receiving said second temple therethrough.

11. The device of claim 10, said panel extending in an arcuate shape above said eyeglasses frame.

12. An apparatus comprising:

an eyeglasses frame with a first temple extending outwardly from one side thereof and a second temple extending outwardly from an opposite side thereof;

a panel having a forward edge and a rearward edge, said panel having a top surface and a bottom surface;

a first elastic loop adjacent said forward edge of said panel;

a second elastic loop adjacent said rearward edge of said panel, said first temple extending through said first and second elastic loops;

a third elastic loop affixed adjacent said forward edge of said panel; and

a fourth elastic loop affixed adjacent said rearward edge of said panel, said second temple extending through said third and fourth elastic loops, said first elastic loop extending toward said rearward edge for less than one-half of the width of said panel at said first elastic loop, said second elastic loop extending toward said forward edge for less than one-half of the width of said panel at said second elastic loop.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, said forward edge and said rearward edge converging at an opposite end of said panel, said first and second elastic loops positioned adjacent said one end of said panel, said third and fourth elastic loops positioned adjacent said opposite end of said panel.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, said panel being of a flexible material and having a quarter moon shape.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, said third elastic loop extending toward rearward edge for less than one-half of the width of said panel at said third elastic loop, said fourth elastic loop extending toward said forward edge for less than one-half of the width of the panel at said fourth elastic loop.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, said third and fourth elastic loops having a similar orientation respectively on said bottom surface of said panel as said first and second elastic loops.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, said panel having an arcuate shape curving upwardly above a top of said eyeglasses frame.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, said panel having a hem of cloth material affixed thereover along said forward and rearward edges, each of said first elastic loop and said second elastic loop and said third elastic loop and said fourth elastic loop having a portion interposed between said hem and said panel.