Patents by Inventor Erich Hegendorfer

Erich Hegendorfer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5890235
    Abstract: In safety goggles, in particular industrial safety goggles, comprising a one-piece sight piece, the sight piece having lateral, transparent pieces joined on, forming one piece with the sight piece and extending toward the head of the user, it is provided, with a view to expanding the field of vision and increasing the effect of lateral protection, that the sight piece is rounded at its lateral outer ends and that the lateral pieces have a convexity matching this rounded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Wiedner, Herbert Nussbickl, Erich Hegendorfer
  • Patent number: 5170502
    Abstract: A protective eyewear assembly includes a protective eyeglasses portion including a protective lense portion and a frame portion, a corrective lense assembly including a corrective lense frame, a pair of corrective lenses in the corrective lense frame, a nose pad assembly on the corrective lense frame, and a clip assembly for releaseably securing the corrective lense assembly on the protective eyeglasses portion. The clip assembly preferably includes a clip portion on the protective eyeglasses portion and a tongue portion on the corrective lense frame which is releaseably securable in the clip portion for securing the corrective lense assembly to the protective eyeglasses portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Uvex Winter Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Hegendorfer, Richard W. Canavan, John G. Mathews
  • Patent number: 4843655
    Abstract: For the purpose of obtaining a cost-effective and esthetically pleasing design, it is provided in protective goggles, particularly sun goggles, consisting of a lens and earpieces with adjustable inclination, that the lens has flat lateral extensions in which slit-like recesses are provided through which extend parts of the ear pieces, the ear pieces being connected with each other via a lateral support extending along the upper edge of the lens, and in that a pivot bearing is formed between the lateral support and the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Alpina Int'l Sport + Optik-Vertriebs-GmbH
    Inventor: Erich Hegendorfer