The Application generally relates to the field of functional eyewear.
To enhance utility of eyewear, numerous attachments have been designed for incorporation into such eyewear. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,974,226 discloses a light assembly that can be magnetically attached to a pair of glasses. This disclosed design requires its user to carry the light assembly separately from the glasses and to attach and remove the assembly to/from the glasses, as necessary. Accordingly, a user has to constantly remember to carry the light assembly and that is inconvenient. The user is further inconvenienced by the necessity of attaching and detaching the light assembly.
In one general aspect of the invention, an eyewear with an incorporated light device is provided.
In another general aspect of the invention, an eyewear is provided which includes a front portion, two temple portions and a built-in light device located within each temple portion. The front portion includes at least one lens rim and a protrusion extending substantially perpendicularly to a plane of the rim. Each temple portion includes a connection portion hingedly connected to the protrusion of the front portion and a cavity formed therein. The built-in light device has a pre-fabricated light module, which is positioned within the cavity. The light module includes a power source, a switch and a light source. The cavity is enclosed by a cover securing the pre-fabricated light module within the cavity and under the cover. The cavity and the cover includes corresponding recesses sized to encase the light source and to allow the light source to be visible from outside the front portion.
The above aspects, advantages and features are of representative embodiments only. It should be understood that they are not to be considered limitations on the invention as defined by the claims. Additional features and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the following description, from the drawings, and from the claims.
The invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation and the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references denote like or corresponding parts, and in which:
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Each temple portion includes a built-in light device 20. As shown in
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Each temple portion 14 further includes a connection portion 42 preferably located immediately above built-in light device 20 and configured to be hingedly attached to protrusion 24. As shown in
In use, the wearer opens the temple portions and positions the eyewear on his/her face. Light sources 30 are then visible at the front portion and directed at an object at which the wearer is looking. The wearer may selectively turn on the built-in light device by moving the protruding switch into the “on” position and illuminating the light sources. Moreover, because the light devices in the two temple portions are independent of one another, wearer has a choice of turning on the left light, the right light or both, depending on a particular need.
While there have been shown and described and pointed out fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the devices and methods illustrated, and in their operation, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, it is expressly intended that all combinations of those elements and/or method steps which perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same results are within the scope of the invention. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the claims appended hereto.