Abstract: A snow goggle device includes a spectacle frame, two pivoting members movably connected to the spectacle frame, and a curved lens pivotally connected to the two pivoting members. Each pivoting member is cooperated with the spectacle frame to form with a first segment movable along a straight path and a second segment movable along an arced path, and includes a third segment synchronously movable with the first segment and the second segment. When the first and the second segments of each pivoting member are synchronously moved, the third segments drive the curved lens to move with respect to the spectacle frame between a closed position and an open position, synchronously causing a deformation of the curved lens. When the curved lens is at the closed position or the open position, the curved lens receives a stress that is smaller than a stress generated from the deformation.

Abstract: A pair of safety glasses includes a body having a frame, two temples, and two shields. The frame includes two sides. A pivotal portion is formed on a rear end of each side. Each temple includes a front end having a pivotal section pivotably connected to one of the pivotal portions. Each shield includes a coupling portion on an upper end thereof. The coupling portion of each shield includes a coupling groove having at least one hook. Each shield further includes a lower shielding portion on a lower end thereof. When each temple is in the folded position, the coupling groove of each shield can be coupled to the front end of one of the temples via a spacing between the frame and the temple, with the at least one hook of each shield engaged in at least one retaining groove of one of the temples.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is a structure for fixing a side shield of glasses, which is installed at a temple, wherein the side shield that surrounds a connection portion between the temple and a glasses frame is fixed at the temple by a fixture, and wherein the side shield located at the temple includes through holes respectively formed at upper and lower portions thereof; and guide portions respectively formed on the inner face of the side shield, and the fixture includes hook portions respectively formed at upper and lower ends thereof and inserted and caught to the through holes of the side shield, and the side shield further includes support pieces respectively formed at upper and lower portions of the inner or outer faces of the side shield for supporting the inside or outside of the hook portions of the fixture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a side shield which can be easily assembled with and separated from the eyewear temple, identically widen together with the eyewear temple, and prevent the external impact from being transferred to and reaching the eyewear. The side shield includes a shield body surrounding a hinge, through which an eyewear temple is connected with an eyewear frame of an eyewear, and covering a side space of the eyewear frame, to prevent foreign substances from entering the eyes, the shield body including blocking wings formed at an upper part and a lower part of the shield body, and a coupling means for maintaining a coupling state between the shield body and the eyewear temple, the coupling means being provided at the shield body and including a coupler assembled with the eyewear temple and a fastener for fastening the coupler. Therefore, the side shield is easily detachable and further includes the elastic means, to improve the wearing comfort.

Abstract: A sideshade for reducing peripheral glare that is removably attachable to a temple of spectacles such that the wearer of the spectacles is not required to remove the spectacles in order to attach the sideshade to or detach the sideshade from the temple of the spectacles. The detachable sideshade is optical or near-optical quality so as not to degrade the wearer's peripheral vision. The sideshade is lightweight and easy to attach and remove.

Abstract: A sideshade for reducing peripheral glare that is removably attachable to a temple of spectacles such that the wearer of the spectacles is not required to remove the spectacles in order to attach the sideshade to or detach the sideshade from the temple of the spectacles. The detachable sideshade is optical or near-optical quality so as not to degrade the wearer's peripheral vision. The sideshade may be light in weight and easy to attach and remove.

Abstract: An improved pair of safety glasses is provided with magnets to prevent flying debris, such as metal shavings, striking the face and endangering the eyes. Magnetic strips are disposed around the periphery of the safety glasses or embedded in grooves defined around the edge of the glasses. The magnetic strips will tend to attract any flying metal debris which may strike the safety glasses near the edges thereof, preventing metal particles from infringing the facial area, and, in particular, the area surrounding the eyes.

Abstract: The present invention provides glasses having side shields, which include glasses bodies and side shields, each of the glasses bodies having a double hinged structure by means of a hinged portion and an elastically hinged portion formed at each of temples, each of the side shields having a movement space formed in such a way that one side of the side shield is inclined outwardly, thereby enhancing a feeling of wearing, preventing a change in shape of the temples when the temples are spread outwardly by an external force, and restoring the temples to their original positions in safe.

Abstract: A pair of windproof glasses has a frame assembly and a windproof shield assembly. The frame assembly has a frame, two lenses, two legs and at least two first engaging elements embedded in the frame. The windproof shield assembly mounted detachably on the frame assembly and has two windproof shields mounted detachably on sides of the frame. Each windproof shield has at least one engaging element detachably engaging respectively with at least one of the at least two first engaging elements with a magnetic force. A wearer may quickly attach the windproof shields to the frame without sequentially align the first and second engaging elements.

Abstract: Safety eyeglasses having a metal frame are provided with integrally molded side shields. The frame includes a lens frame, a pair of metal temples hingedly connected on opposing sides of the lens frame, and side shields formed from a hardenable, liquid transparent resin material integrally connected to a mounting portion of the metal temples in the vicinity of the hinge connection. The mounting portion of the metal temples includes discontinuities which preferably take the form of a plurality of grooves to form an interference type joint between a fixing portion of the side shields that is molded around the grooved mounting portion to permanently join the side shields to the metal temples.

Abstract: A structure for fixing a side shield of glasses is disclosed, in which a glasses side shield can be easily detachably fixed at a glasses leg, and a shied shield can be protected from damages when attaching or detaching the side shield, with the glasses side shields being engaged between the left and right legs of glasses for thereby protecting user's eyes from being damaged by foreign substances which may be inputted between the glasses legs and a glasses body. The structure for fixing a side shield of glasses is characterized in that the fixture has a step portion protruded from a lower side end by a certain length with the fixture being inserted into the through hole of both sides through the opening of the side shield, and a curvature portion is formed at an upper side of the step portion, and the step portion of the fixture is tightly inserted into the through hole of the side shield, and a straight line shaped or cross shaped driver insertion groove is formed at an upper surface of the fixture.

Abstract: A sideshield eye protector is presented which includes a comfort and safety wing that is formed as a surface appendage thereon, and extends in a generally perpendicular direction from the surface of the sideshield along the contoured edge of the sideshield positioned closest to the wearer's face. The comfort and safety wing may be integral to the sideshield forming an integral structure therewith or removably attached thereto. The comfort and safety wing is oriented generally parallel with the facial surfaces and generally follows the proximate facial contours. A separate wing portion may be fabricated on both the upper and lower parts of each sideshield, the upper wing portion extending from the upper contoured edge of the sideshield which provides additional coverage over the upper portion of the eye orbits, temple and lower forehead area. The lower face about the lower eye orbit and upper cheek area has a generally parallel orientation with those facial surfaces.

Abstract: Portable safety side shields made from a flexible plastic that will slip onto a wide variety of eyeglasses. An eyeglass temple piece is weaved through slots in the side of a side shield for attachment to the wearer's temple. The slots in the side shield are long enough to allow attachment to eyeglasses with different pantoscopic angles. The side shield overlaps the front portion of an eyeglass frame, sealing the side shield against the eyeglass frame and preventing the side shield from sliding backward.

Abstract: An eyewear assembly comprises a primary lens assembly including a primary frame that secures a pair of primary lenses in position relative to one another. A pair of extensions is provided, each of the extensions positioned on an outer periphery of the primary frame. An arm is connected to each extension by a hinge. A safety shield is carried by the eyewear assembly and extends around a portion of the periphery of one of the primary lenses and extends longitudinally along one of the arms, wherein an open space between the primary lens, the arm, and an eye of the wearer is substantially enclosed. The safety shield has an aperture formed therein that extends from the primary lens rearward proximal the hinge, wherein the aperture is adapted to receive a portion of an auxiliary lens assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing structure of a side shield for glasses wherein a side shield installed in glasses legs, comprising a through hole formed in inner upper and lower portions of a rear end of a side shield surrounding the glasses legs, and a fixture having an elastic piece in the interior of the same and a hook part in the upper and lower sides of a front end wherein said fixture is inserted through an opening of the side shield, and the hook part of the fixture is engaged to the though hole, and the elastic piece of the fixture is elastically closely contacted with the glasses legs. In the present invention, the size of the fixture is large, and the hook part of the fixture is inserted into the through hole formed in the side shield. Therefore, anyone can easily insert the fixture for thereby achieving a convenient assembling work, and the side shield is easily fixed to the glasses legs.

Abstract: Goggles includes a hard lens portion, and an soft upper protective member and a soft lower protective member combined with an upper edge and a lower edge of the lens portion, and two temples pivotally connected with two ends of the lens portion, convenient and comfortable to wear.

Abstract: A viewing lens that is divided into at least three sections such that a wearer can see through a center section with both eyes, and can see through a lateral section only with the eye immediately adjacent to that section.

Abstract: A side shield for eyeglasses with a spring-hinge temple bar comprising a side wall having a rear edge, front edge, and inside surface. The side shield has a relief structure extending forwardly from the rear edge of the side shield. A fastening structure is located on the relief structure towards the rear edge of the side shield, the fastening structure securing the relief structure to the temple bar of the eyeglasses. The relief structure allows outward deflection of the spring-hinge temple bar when biased outwardly without significantly displacing the side shield from its normal assembled position.

Abstract: A wind and noise reducer for eyeglasses includes a panel that has a top edge, a bottom edge, a forward edge and a rear edge. The forward edge is generally vertically orientated. The panel has an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface is concave and the outside surface is convex. An elongated arm has first end and a second end. The first end is attached to the top edge such that the arm is generally horizontally orientated. The arm extends rearward from the panel. A coupler is removably positionable on the temple of the eyeglasses for selectively coupling the arm to the temple such that the arm is orientated parallel to the temple and the forward edge is directed forward of the eyeglasses. The panel may be moved along the temple such that wind is directed around the ears of the wearer of the eyeglasses.

Abstract: A sideshield eye protector is presented which includes a comfort and safety wing that is formed as a surface appendage thereon, and extends in a generally perpendicular direction from the surface of the sideshield along the contoured edge of the sideshield positioned closest to the wearer's face. The comfort and safety wing may be integral to the sideshield forming an integral structure therewith or removably attached thereto. The comfort and safety wing is oriented generally parallel with the facial surfaces and generally follows the proximate facial contours. A separate wing portion may be fabricated on both the upper and lower parts of each sideshield, the upper wing portion extending from the upper contoured edge of the sideshield which provides additional coverage over the upper portion of the eye orbits, temple and lower forehead area. The lower face about the lower eye orbit and upper cheek area has a generally parallel orientation with those facial surfaces.

Abstract: A sideshield eye protector is presented which includes a comfort and safety wing that is formed as a surface appendage thereon, and extends in a generally perpendicular direction from the surface of the sideshield along the contoured edge of the sideshield positioned closest to the wearer's face. The comfort and safety wing may be integral to the sideshield forming an integral structure therewith or removably attached thereto. The comfort and safety wing is oriented generally parallel with the facial surfaces and generally follows the proximate facial contours. A separate wing portion may be fabricated on both the upper and lower parts of each sideshield, the upper wing portion extending from the upper contoured edge of the sideshield which provides additional coverage over the upper portion of the eye orbits, temple and lower forehead area. The lower face about the lower eye orbit and upper cheek area has a generally parallel orientation with those facial surfaces.

Abstract: The assembly for attaching a side shield to an eyewear temple includes a temple having a first side and a second side. A lock member is connected to the first side of the temple with a lock aperture therethrough. A side shield, having a laterally running channel, is provided with side walls and a pair of channel apertures on opposing sides of the channel and aligned with one another transversely across the channel. An eyewear temple resides in the channel of the side shield with the lock aperture residing between and aligned with the pair of channel apertures. A lock pin, having an upper end and a lower end, is routed through the pair of channel apertures and the lock aperture thereby securing the side shield to the temple.

Abstract: A shield for removable attachment to an eyeglass frame front having a pair of eyeglass lens holding frames and a pair of pivotal temples for holding said eyeglass lens frames on the head of a user to provide protection on the top, the bottom and the side of the eye. The sideshields are attached to the eyeglass lens holding frames in a detachable manner and are mounted such that they do not interfere with movement of the eyeglass temples so that the temples can be folded or, if they are spring-pivoted temples, can move outwardly a predetermined distance without substantial interference by the sideshields.

Abstract: A vision occluding eye shield which completely blocks the peripheral vision of the wearer to the discernment of motion and which blocks most or all of the superior field of vision of the wearer, and preferably also blocks an upper portion of the inferior field of vision of the wearer, to the discernment of motion. When worn by a vehicle passenger the device prevents car sickness by blocking perception of objects passing through the peripheral field of vision in the side windows and through the front window, while allowing the wearer to focus on tasks or objects within the vehicle by looking through the unoccluded portion, or to look out the vehicle windows by slightly tilting the head back.

Abstract: An eyeglass frame assembly having a shield for attachment to an eyeglass frame with the use of a fastener. The shield has two shoulders forming a passageway for a temple piece of the eyeglass frame. The fastener, when tightened, clamps the shoulders against the temple piece to rigidly connect the shield to the eyeglass frame and prohibit relative movement between the shield and the frame. The fastener can have a frangible portion that is removable after the application of a predetermined force resulting in a non-removable security-type screw. Alternatively, the fastener can be a common screw or a common bolt having either common nuts or gripping lock nuts.

Abstract: Protective eyewear has a lens frame containing one or more lenses and temple arms or straps for attaching the eyewear to the head of a wearer. The protective eyewear also includes a brow guard. The brow guard attaches to the lens frame. The brow guard is configured to extend in one direction substantially between the temple arms (or straps) and, in a transverse direction, between spaced edges, one of which edges is disposed adjacent the lens frame, the other of which edges is extended toward the brow of the wearer. The brow guard incorporates a magnetic material for attracting and catching magnetically attractable particles such that the magnetic material assists eliminating the drift of such particles down in the gap between the lens frame and the wearer's brow. Magnetic side shields can be added to the protective eyewear or substituted in place of the magnetic brow guard.

Abstract: An improved goggle system includes a goggle housing surroundably supporting one or two lenses, and further includes a hinged strap attachment member which is pivotally engaged to the goggle housing forward of the rearward most extent of the side lens or lenses. The hinged strap attachment member has a small shield member disposed generally toward the axis of pivot to protect the space between the hinge and the goggle, and also to provide a smooth interfit with the goggle when the hinge is displaced back toward the head of the wearer, as when the goggle is used without a helmet or other structure which would tend to pull outwardly rather than back against the head of the user. The hinges have sufficient flexibility matched with respect to sufficient pin length to enable the hinges to be rapidly and easily removed from the goggle, so that the goggle could be removed from the helmet or other support system when the goggles are needed elsewhere.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a screw is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield and into a member affixed to the temple to create a fastened fit between the temple and the channel which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the screw is inserted into the opening and the fastened fit results from the insertion of the screw into the opening and member which holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported.

Abstract: Facial protective wear including a facial shield member having a substantially transparent portion for allowing visible light to pass to the wearer's eyes and a support coupled to the facial shield for supporting the facial shield on the wearer's head. The facial shield member further has a nose protective portion extending over and protecting substantially the wearer's entire nose from in front of and from above and preferably has side portions protecting the wearer's eyes in a direction from the sides of the wearer's head. The facial shield member transparent portion preferably substantially prevents ultraviolet solar radiation from reaching the wearer's eyes and facial features, such as the nose and cheeks, and also from reaching the eyes in a direction from the sides of the head. The facial protective wear also can be used to protect the wearer from the wind and from injury due to flying objects. Various embodiments are described, including embodiments that clip onto existing eyewear or headware.

Abstract: In safety goggles, in particular industrial safety goggles, comprising a one-piece sight piece, the sight piece having lateral, transparent pieces joined on, forming one piece with the sight piece and extending toward the head of the user, it is provided, with a view to expanding the field of vision and increasing the effect of lateral protection, that the sight piece is rounded at its lateral outer ends and that the lateral pieces have a convexity matching this rounded configuration.

Abstract: An opthalmic shading device depends from a structure worn on the head and provides a shading structure which may be mounted between a source of light to be attenuated and the human eye. A shading structure is attached to a flexible rod which depends from a mounting bracket which is attached to another structure supported by the head, preferably to head wear or to an eye wear frame's temple member. The flexible rod enables the user to adjust the position and angle of the shading structure to interpose it between the user's eye and the light source to be blocked or attenuated. One of the shading structures may be larger than the other, especially where one light source to be blocked presents a larger area of projection than the other. In one embodiment, the shading assemblies depend from a top frame including a brow span and hinged temple arms with lower structures being excised, the top frame fittable on top of conventional eye wear with the shading structure movable to its operable position.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a screw is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield and into a member affixed to the temple to create a fastened fit between the temple and the channel which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the screw is inserted into the opening and the fastened fit results from the insertion of the screw into the opening and member which holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported.

Abstract: A full sideshield for removable attachment to each side of an eyeglass frame having a pair of eyeglass lens holding frames and a pair of pivotal temple for holding said eyeglass lens holding frames on the head of a user to provide at least partial eye protection on the top, bottom, and side of the eye. The sideshields are attached to the eyeglass lens holding frames in a detachable manner and are mounted such that they do not interfere with movement of the eyeglass temples so that the temples can be folded or, if they are spring pivoted temples, can move outwardly a predetermined amount without substantial interference by the sideshields.

Abstract: Eye and ear protective eyewear comprising a standard pair of conventional reading glasses, prescription glasses, safety glasses or sunglasses to which a pair of wind-deflecting deflectors are attached to the lenses and/or frame and extend rearward from the lenses towards the ear. The deflectors are configured and arranged to deflect air flow away from the ear while terminating prior to the auditory meatus of the ear in order to avoid interfering with the hearing of the wearer.

Abstract: In an eye mask according to the present invention, a pair of support members are connected with a main body by a plurality of convex portions and receiving holes. A stopper is movably mounted to a rear portion of each said support member, whereby the eye mask is definitely and preferably fitted to a wearer's face.

Abstract: An eyes-ears-nose protector includes eye-glasses with attached nose shield, side shields and ear shields to protect simultaneously the nose, eyes, and ears from direct and side excessive sunlight.

Abstract: Sunglasses (20) having side shields (28) for blocking the sun at their lateral edges, include lenses (22) joined by a frame or bridge (21), temples (24) hingedly joined to the frame, the side shields (28) being slidably mounted on the temples (24) adjacent the hinges (25). The side shields have spaced ribs (29) on their inner surface (51) defining a channel (30) for receiving a temple bar, with inwardly projecting lips (31) on the ribs for engaging and releasing the temple. The side shields can slide forward and off the temples when the temples are folded, and are securely held on the temples when the temples are open and in use.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a pin is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield to create a friction fit between the temple, the channel and the pin which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the pin is inserted into the opening and the friction fit resulting from the insertion of the pin into the opening holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported. The side shield further includes an opening extending transversely to both the longitudinal direction and the supporting lateral wall.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a pin is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield to create a force fit between the temple, the channel and the pin which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the pin is inserted into the opening and the force fit resulting from the insertion of the pin into the opening holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported. The side shield further includes an opening extending transversely to both the longitudinal direction and the supporting lateral wall.

Abstract: A removably attachable eyeglass safety device providing lateral eye shielding comprising a pair of safety shields that have a plurality of vertically spaced independent means for attachment, The user may select one of the means for attachment that positions the safety shield at a height or vertical position relative to the temple arm to provide maximum lateral shielding of the eye for the task against which eye safety is required.

Abstract: Adjustable size protective eyewear in the form of visitor safety spectacles have a moveable or adjustable hinge pin coupling between the temple sidebars and the lens frame. An opening in each side of the lens frame contains multiple hinge pin sockets which are aligned at an angle with respect to the lens frame such that movement of the hinge pins from socket to socket not only increases the distance between temple sidebars but also the effective length from the lens frame to the ear piece of the temple sidebar. This arrangement allows a single pair of adjustable safety spectacles to be used by a person of a given head size with the adjustability to fit over the user's prescription eyewear where the user requires the prescription eyewear in addition to the safety spectacles.

Abstract: A side shield for eyeglasses includes a metal foil shape-retentive member sandwiched between a neoprene base layer and an ornamental fabric cover layer. The shape-retentive member includes first and second arcuate lobe ends connected by a reduced width medial neck portion. Two pair of slits formed through the base and cover layers on opposite sides of the medial neck portion allows the shield to be slipped onto a temple region of an eyeglass earbow, without contact between the shape-retentive member and the earbow, and thereafter deformed to a custom configuration by a user to block peripheral light and wind. In a method of making the side shields, a plurality of preformed shape-retentive members are laminated to a neoprene base sheet. A fabric cover sheet is then laminated in overlying relation to the shape-retentive members and the base sheet to form a three layer laminate sheet.

Abstract: A shield for application to a temple bar of a pair of glasses functions to shield the user's eye at that side. The shield comprises an elongate relatively thin rigid plastic plate member which as applied to the temple bar lies generally flat against the respective side of the user's head and extends between the frame and the respective ear of the user. The plate member has a forward generally flat panel positionable on the outside of the temple bar, an intermediate generally flat transition panel angled rearwardly and inwardly from the forward panel and having an opening therein for the temple bar, and a rearward generally flat panel extending rearward from the intermediate transition panel on the inside of the temple bar as the shield is applied to the bar. The rearward panel has a clip for clipping the rearward panel on the temple bar. The side shield further comprises an inwardly extending flange at a forward edge of the forward panel. The flange extends in front of the pair of glasses at the side thereof.

Abstract: An eye shielding method and apparatus is provided for eyeglass wearers including a generally planar shield having a plurality of notches and score lines formed therein to allow the generally planar shield to be bent into a configuration which substantially covers the peripheral region of the user's head not covered by standard eyeglasses. Mounting slots are provided to mount the shield on the temple of a conventional pair of eyeglasses. The shields may be manufactured in pairs and joined by a frangible joint.

Abstract: Facial protective wear including a facial shield member having a substantially transparent portion for allowing visible light to pass to the wearer's eyes and a support coupled to the facial shield for supporting the facial shield on the wearer's head. The facial shield member further has a nose protective portion extending over and protecting substantially the wearer's entire nose from in front of and from above and preferably has side portions protecting the wearer's eyes in a direction from the sides of the wearer's head. The facial shield member transparent portion preferably substantially prevents ultraviolet solar radiation from reaching the wearer's eyes and facial features, such as the nose and cheeks, and also from reaching the eyes in a direction from the sides of the head. The facial protective wear also can be used to protect the wearer from the wind and from injury due to flying objects. Various embodiments are described, including embodiments that clip onto existing eyewear or headware.

Abstract: Facial protective wear including a facial shield member having a substantially transparent portion for allowing visible light to pass to the wearer's eyes and a support coupled to the facial shield for supporting the facial shield on the wearer's head. The facial shield member further has a nose protective portion extending over and protecting substantially the wearer's entire nose from in front of and from above and preferably has side portions protecting the wearer's eyes in a direction from the sides of the wearer's head. The facial shield member transparent portion preferably substantially prevents ultraviolet solar radiation from reaching the wearer's eyes and facial features, such as the nose and cheeks, and also from reaching the eyes in a direction from the sides of the head. The facial protective wear also can be used to protect the wearer from the wind and from injury due to flying objects. Various embodiments are described, including embodiments that clip onto existing eyewear or headware.

Abstract: Protective eyeware for a board user includes a substantially thin, one-piece body made from a clear, flexible material having color and ultraviolet protection added thereto. The body includes wing shaped edges which fit over the temples of a wearer and have an elastic headband secured to their ends for retaining the eyeware on the head of a wearer. A plurality of resilient members are secured to the interior of the body so as to fit against the face of a user in the wearing position and to provide a plurality of spaces for the passage of air and water between the interior surface of the body and the face of the user. The headband is provided with a leash means having a strap secured thereto, for fixing of the eyeware to the neck of the wearer by means of a collar connected to the strap, or by means of the strap being directly connected to a garment worn by the user.

Abstract: Goggles having an extrusion-mounted lens, wherein the lens is mounted to the goggle frame using an extruded flexible member provided with a frame slot and a lens slot. In a preferred embodiment the lens slot and frame slot are parallel to each other and are sufficiently deep to removably mount on the inside edge of the frame and the outside edge of the lens and facilitate interchanging various lenses. Alternatively, glue may be applied to the frame slot and lens slot for permanently mounting the lens in the frame.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a pin is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield to create a force fit between the temple, the channel and the pin which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the pin is inserted into the opening and the force fit resulting from the insertion of the pin into the opening holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported. The side shield further includes an opening extending transversely to both the longitudinal direction and the supporting lateral wall.

Abstract: A method for mounting safety shields onto eyeglass temples and a kit for carrying out that method. A temple of an eyeglass frame is placed in a channel forming part of a side shield thereafter, a screw is inserted into an opening formed in the side shield and into a member affixed to the temple to create a fastened fit between the temple and the channel which attaches the side shield to the temple. The side shield is placed in its operative position before the screw is inserted into the opening and the fastened fit results from the insertion of the screw into the opening and member which holds the side shield in its operative position. The kit includes a side shield having a longitudinally extending channel into which a longitudinally extending eyeglass temple may be inserted. The channel has an open lateral end through which the temple may be inserted and a supporting lateral end against which the temple may be supported.