Patents by Inventor Donald E. McCooeye

Donald E. McCooeye 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: 5459533
    Abstract: An eye wear device comprising a frame and lens means supported by the frame to be positioned in front of a wearer's eyes. The improvement characterized in that the lens means is coated with an electrically conductive heat generating layer to be positioned in the wearer's field of vision when the eye wear is worn, and of sufficient resistance to produce enough heat to remove moisture build-up on the lens means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: See Clear Eyewear Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. McCooeye, J. Albert Bingham
  • Patent number: 4209234
    Abstract: A defogging system for eye glasses comprising an electrical circuit means associated with the frame of the eye glasses. A first electrical contact is positioned on one side of each of the rims thereof so as to be in contact with the lens when in position in the rim, and a corresponding second electrical contact, not contacting the first, is located on the opposite side of each rim so as to be in contact with the lens when in position in the rim. An electrical circuit means is provided to carry current from a power source positioned in the frame to the first electrical contacts in the rims and from the second electrical contacts in the rims back to the power source. Appropriate on-off switch means are provided. The rims of the eye glasses are provided with lenses coated with a conductive transparent film, the film being in electrical contact with the first and second electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Inventor: Donald E. McCooeye