Abstract: Protective eyewear that incorporates standard near-point corrective lenses into a protective shield. The protective eyewear, which includes side-protective shields, is fabricated from lightweight, transparent impact-resistant material. The corrective lenses are incorporated in the lower portion of the shield, thereby leaving the upper, larger portion of the shield uncorrected and thus available for viewing distant objects. The corrective lenses provide a focal length within a range commonly associated with reading glasses.

Abstract: A device for protecting bows on gift-wrapped packages and the like. The device consists of two main components: a cup and a shield. The cup is of a type otherwise useful for drinking or eating ice cream from that has had its bottom portion cut into a number of pie-shaped segments all pointing to the center. The pie segments are flexible so that one can push the cup, bottom-first, over the bow to be protected, without harming the bow. Similarly, when the bow is to be displayed, the cup can be pulled back over the bow gently. The shield component extends across the otherwise open top of the cup, so as to provide protection against rain and other assaults on the bow from above. Operating together, the cup and the shield, when the device is slipped down over a decorative bow can protect the bow from becoming soiled or crushed, with special application to providing such protection when the package bearing the bow is wrapped for transportation, either across town or from one city to another.