Abstract: A garment is fabricated from a flexible, bullet-resistent material and includes an upper section, a lower section, and a weight transfer region. The upper section shields the wearer's torso while the lower section shields the wearer's hip and thigh areas. The weight transfer region is positioned adjacent to the wearer's upper hip area. The weight transfer region of the garment is secured to the wearer's hip area to transfer a substantial amount of the weight of the upper section of the garment to the wearer's hips.

Abstract: A wet cornea telescope permits a viewer to see a magnified image of a remotely positioned object. The telescope includes a fluid-filled eyepiece which is positioned in contact with the cornea of one of the viewer's eyes. The eyepiece includes an optically transparent window and forms an optically transparent, fluid-filled chamber between the cornea of the viewer's eye and the window. A light converging device is interposed in the optical path between the object and the eyepiece to converge light rays travelling from the object to the viewer's eye to thereby project a magnified image on the viewer's retina.

Abstract: The method of the present invention uses a standard prior art refracting device of the type typically used by an optometrist to refract the human eye in air and in water. Computations utilizing the refraction data obtained during the air and water refraction measurements is used to compute the radius of curvature of the central area of the cornea of a human eye. The method of the present invention thereby substantially facilitates contact lens fitting procedures.

Abstract: An underwater vision device includes first and second lens elements which are maintained in alignment with the eyes of a wearer by a frame. Each lens element includes first and second lens groups. Each lens group includes a first solid transparent lens, a second solid transparent lens and a compressible seal which secures the first and second lenses together and forms a sealed air chamber between the two lenses. A spacer couples the first and second lens groups together and forms a chamber between the two lens groups. This chamber fills with water when the underwater vision device is submerged. The optical parameters of the underwater vision device can be varied so that neutral magnification is provided when the device is not submerged in water, but strong magnification is provided when the device is submerged. If so constructed the underwater vision device permits a wearer to see normally below the surface of a body of water, eliminating the need for a face mask.

Abstract: A wet cornea microscope enables a viewer to see a substantially magnified image of a sample. The microscope includes a barrel having a hollow tubular interior and first and second ends. An objective lens is coupled to the first end of the barrel and is positionable in close proximity to the sample. An eyepiece forms a fluid-filled chamber and includes an optically transparent window which is positionable in alignment with the second end of the barrel. The cornea of one of the viewer's eyes is completely immersed in the fluid within the fluid-filled chamber. The contact of the fluid with the cornea of the viewer's eye effectively eliminates the refractive effect of the cornea/aqueous humor interface of the viewer's eye and permits the microscope to form a substantially magnified image of the sample on the retina of the viewer's eye.