Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Tobias

Stephen A. Tobias 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: 10226382
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Marchon Eyewear, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Publication number: 20160106592
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Patent number: 9220633
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Dragon Alliance, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Patent number: 9192519
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dragon Alliance, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Publication number: 20140189943
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Dragon Alliance, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Publication number: 20120324638
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly including a first lens, a lens bracket coupled to the first lens, and at least one connection portion disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the lens bracket. A goggle including a goggle frame and at least one coupling point disposed on the goggle frame and adapted to couple to the at least one connection portion on the lens bracket. The at least one coupling point and the at least one connection portion may be corresponding magnetic portions adapted to couple to each other by a magnetic interaction, and/or the at least one connection portion may be a protrusion, and the at least one coupling point may be an aperture adapted to receive and couple to the protrusion. This allows the lens assembly to be attached to and detached from the goggle frame quickly and easily with reduced manual dexterity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Dragon Alliance, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Tobia
  • Patent number: 4343208
    Abstract: A method of shearing a workpiece, for example a metal billet or bar, and apparatus for carrying out that method. Before being subjected to linear shear, the billet is first subjected to substantial torque about an axis perpendicular to the plane of shear. The billet is held by two pivoting arms, the predominant torque of the first stage of the method is achieved by allowing the pivot points of the arms to slide as the arms turn, and the predominant shear of the second stage is then achieved by arresting that sliding movement by stops. The parts of the arms which grip the workpiece may bear against a fixed surface during the whole operation, so holding the axis of the workpiece to a constant location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Basily B. Basily, Mihir K. Das, Clifford G. Price, Stephen A. Tobias