US2146544A - Eyeshade lens and mounting therefor - Google Patents

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Pd). 7, 1939. o. A. KLEINE EYESHADE LENS AND MOUNTING THEREFOR Filed Feb. 8, 1957 [mew 0% A. JfZez'ne piz y 622% Patented Feb. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EYESHADE LENS AND MOUNTING THERE FOB 50laims.

This invention relates to eye-shades, and particularly to the type of shade adapted to be worn on the person of the user.

'Ihe present invention is especially well adapted for use by motor vehicle drivers, and particularly for driving at night when the extremely bright lights on approaching vehicles are most disconcerting, annoying and even dangerous.

One object of the present invention, therefore, is the production of an eye-shade which will provide a clear vision, eye comfort and, as a consequence, safety to the wearer of an eye-shade constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Another object 01' the invention is to provide a novel and eflicient construction and arrangement of eye-shade, which will effectually shade and protect the user's eyes from the glare of the lights on approaching vehicles, and at the same time, permit 01' a clear unobstructed view of the road ahead.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel construction and arrangement of eyeshade, which, while protecting against lights approaching from the front and permitting a clear view 01 the road ahead, will also provide eflicient and desirable protection for one's eyes from the reflected light in one's own rear-view mirror caused by lights approaching from the rear, which is almost as annoying and fraught with possibly as much danger oi temporarily blinding a driver. as is the direct glare of lights approaching from the front.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form 01' eye-shade which will amply protect the eyes against both direct and reflected light, and at the same time permit ample unrestricted view in a forward direction and laterally or to the sides of .the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement whereby the shading elements for the respective eyes may be adjusted independently of each other and with respect to the individual eyes in a manner to best suit the particular physical characteristics of the person by whom the shades are intended to be worn.

A still further object of the invention is to improve devices of the character described in sundry details hereinafter referred to and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown for illustrative purposes in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a highway and approaching car as seen by a person using eye-shades embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of my improved eye-shade as viewed by the user thereof, and

illustrating a device embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view oi the structure illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevational view of the structure illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. and taken substantially as indicated by the lines 4-4 thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the lenses shown in Fig. 2, and forming a part of the present invention.

This invention, as previously mentioned, relates to eye-shades, and is an improvement on the structure disclosed in my co-pending application ior Eyeshade, filed July 29, 1935, Serial No. 33,679.

The present invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, comprises a pair of eye glass bows 5 connected together by a bridge piece 6, and shown, in the present instance, as provided with temples I adjacent their respective outer side portions.

Each of the bows 5 is shown, in the present instance, as provided with a forwardly extending projection 8 formed integrally therewith and having an elongated slot 9 formed therein and adapted to adjustably receive a relatively thin substantially flat lens, indicated as a whole by the numeral Ill having a shaded portion shown, in the present instance, as covering the entire lens.

For securely retaining the lens ill in various positions of adjustment within the slot 9. a pad H of suitable friction material such, for example, as rubber, cork or the like, may be secured to one or both flat sides of the lens iii in a manner to cooperate with a portion of the projection 8 adjacent the slot 9.

Each of the lens it of the present invention is formed, preferably, of a transparent material such, for example, as a glass, Celluloid or the like, and is provided with a shaded portion shown, in the present instance, as covering the entire lens. the lower edge of the shaded portion or lens being irregular and having a substantially straight portion i2 adjacent one end portion of the lens intended to be positioned in a substantially horizontal plane and to the right side of the eye pupil, indicated at I3 (Fig. 2), when the eyeshade is in use, said edge also having a downwardly projecting bluntly pointed portion i4 adjacent the opposite end portion of the lens, said pointed portion H extending preferably to approximately the llne of the horizontal straight portion l2 and positioned to the left 01' the pupil I! when the eye-shade is in use.

The lens I0 is also provided along its lower edge with a recess I! having, preferably, inclined sides It and shown, in the present instance, as extending a substantial distance above the adjacent lower edge portions I! and ll of the lens to provide a clear view in front of the eye of the user and between the shaded portions of the lens at opposite sides of the recess. By reference to Fig. 1. it will be noted that the shaded portion above the point or edge portion it protects the eyes of the user against glaring headlights approaching from the front, while the shaded portion above the edge l2 protects the user against reflections, in his own rear-view mirror 2| (Fig. 1), of head-lights approaching from the rear.

If desired, each of the bows 5 may be provided with an internal annular groove II for receiving the lens of ordinary glasses, which one may be required to wear, and the lens Ill may be cut away adjacent their respective end portions as indicated at It and I9 to permit unobstructed lateral vision of the user.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that by reason of the arrangement of the lens ll whereby the user may look below the irregular lower edge of the lens, a clear view of the road ahead is readily obtained, and that upon the approach of a car from the opposite direction, the slightest tilt of the head forwardly or downwardly will bring the shaded portion of the lens above the bluntly pointed edge portion ll between the eyes of the user and the head lights of the approaching car, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and that by reason of the recess II, a clear view of the road ahead is also available. It will be observed also that by reason of the cut awayedge portions I8 and is, an unobstructed view of the edge of the road is obtained. While the lenses are in position to protect the eyes of the user from approaching head lights, it will be noted that the shaded portion of the lens above the edge I 2 also protects the user from reflected lights in his own rear-view mirror, indicated at 2| in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

It will be noted also that by reason of the adjustability of the lens within the frames or bows I, the shaded portions and edge contours of the lens in front of the respective eyes may be properly adjusted for merging the shaded portions of the lens in a manner to combine the shaded areas produced thereby into one. and after being properly adjusted, the character of the friction material will retain the lens in fixed position with respect to the bows or support.

It will be understood that the present invention may be adapted to eye glasses normally worn by an individual by merely supporting the lens retaining portions on bows of ones own eye glasses or spectacles as described in my copending application above-referred to.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited to the concise construction and arrangement shown and described as the same may be variously modified. Moreover, all the features of the present invention need not be used conjointly, as the same may be used to advantage in variously different combinations and sub-combinations.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glass bows having slots formed therein, a pair of transparent shaded lenses mounted, respectively, in said slots, the lower edges of said lenses being intended, normally, to be positioned above the horizontal plane of vision when in use, each of the lower edges of said lenses having a substantially straight portion to the right of the eye pupil a bluntly pointed portion to the left of the pupil extending to adjacent the line of said straight portion, said edge also having a recess formed therein substantially straight ahead of the eye pupil and between the straight and pointed portions at opposite sides of said recess.

2. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glass bows, projections thereon, said projections having slots formed therein and extending substantially parallel to the plane of said bows, a pair of transparent shaded lenses adjustably mounted. respectively, in said slots, the lower edges of said lenses being intended, normally, to be positioned above the normal plane of vision when in use, each of the lower edges of said lenses having a substantially straight portion to the right of the eye pupil, a bluntly pointed portion to the left of the pupil extending to adjacent the line of said straight portion, said edge also having a recess formed therein provided with inclined sides and extending a substantial distance above the adjacent lower edge portions of the lens to provide a clear view between the shaded portions at opposite sides of said recess.

3. In an eye shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glass bows, forwardly extending projections thereon, said projections having slots formed therein extending substantially parallel to the plane of said bows, a pair of relatively thin flat-sided transparent shaded lenses adjustably mounted, respectively, in said slots, friction material on a flat side of said lenses and engageable with a portion of said projections adjacent a portion of said slots for retaining the lenses in adjusted position therein, the lower edges of said lenses being intended, normally, to be positioned above the horizontal plane of vision when in use, each of the lower edges of said lenses having a substantially straight portion to the right of the eye pupil, a bluntly pointed portion to the left of the pupil extending to adjacent the line of said straight portion, said edge also having a recess formed therein provided with inclined sides and extending a substantial distance above the adjacent lower edge portions of the lens to provide a clear view between the straight and pointed portions at opposite sides of said recess.

4. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glass bows having slots formed therein extending substantially parallel to the plane of said bows, a pair of relatively thin substantially flat-sided transparent shaded lenses adjustably mounted, respectively, in said slots. and a friction material secured to a flat side of said lenses and engageable with a portion of said bows adjacent a portion of said slots for retaining the lenses in adjusted position therein.

5. In an eye shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glass bows having slots formed therein extending substantially parallel to the plane of said bows, a pair of relatively thin flatsided shade members adjustably mounted, respectively, in said slots, friction material on one flat side of said members engageable with a portion of said bows adjacent a portion of said slots for retaining the members in adjusted position therein, each of the lower edges of said members having a bluntly pointed portion and inclined side portions extending outwardly and above said lower edge portion of the members to provide a clear view at opposite sides thereof.

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