Abstract: Bifocal contact lenses are described wherein at least the major viewing area is divided into a plurality of near and distant viewing zones, each near vision zone being adjacent to a distant viewing zone and there being between about 2 and 8 zones of each power in said major viewing area, each zone being capable of operating as a lens independently of the other zones and wherein the relative areas of the zones are such that in use substantially equal amounts of light enter the eye through the near and distant vision zones.

Abstract: A bifocal contact lens is described wherein at least the major viewing area is divided into a multiplicity of near and distant vision viewing zones, each near vision zone being adjacent to a distant vision zone or middle distance zone and there being at least 3 viewing zones in all, whereby the wearer is able to look through at least 2 zones of different power simultaneously. Normally the lens has at least 2 of each kind of viewing zone and the total surface area of the distant vision zones is substantially equal to the total surface area of the near vision zones.