Patent Application
20200222240
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The disclosure and prior art relates to safety glasses devices and more particularly pertains to a new safety glasses device for illuminating a work area when safety glasses are worn.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of safety glasses that are worn on a user's face for protecting the user's eyes from fragments. A light emitter is coupled to the safety glasses to emit light outwardly therefrom for illuminating a work area. A switch is movably coupled to the safety glasses. The switch is electrically coupled to the light emitter for turning the light emitter on and off.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A switch 24 is movably coupled to the safety glasses 12 and the switch 24 is electrically coupled to the light emitter 22 for turning the light emitter 22 on and off. The switch 24 is positioned on the temple section 20 of a respective one of the arms 14. In this way the switch 24 does not interfere with the user's peripheral vision when the safety glasses 12 are worn. A power supply 26 is coupled to the safety glasses 12 and the power supply 26 is electrically coupled to the switch 24.
The power supply 26 comprises at least one battery 28, and the at least one battery 28 is positioned on the temple section 20 of a respective one of the arms 14. Thus, the at least one battery 28 does not interfere with the user's peripheral vision when the safety glasses 12 are worn. A battery cover 30 is removably coupled to the safety glasses 12 and the battery cover 30 is positioned on the temple section 20 of the arm 14 on which the at least one battery 28 is positioned. Moreover, the battery cover 30 covers the at least one battery 28 when the battery cover 30 is coupled to the safety glasses 12. The power supply 26 further includes a power port 32 that is recessed into the respective arm 14. The power port 32 is electrically coupled to the at least one battery 28, and a battery charger 34 can be plugged into the power port 32 for charging the at least one battery 28. The power port 32 may be a micro usb port or other similar port.
A pair of the power supplies 26 may be provided, and each of the power supplies 26 may be positioned on a respective one of the arms 14. Additionally, each of the power supplies 26 may include a battery housing 34 that is coupled to the respective arm 14. A pair of the switches 24 may be provided, and each of the switches 24 may be positioned on a respective one of the arms 14. In an alternative embodiment 36 as shown in
In use, the safety glasses 12 are worn to protect the user's eyes. The switch 24 is manipulated to turn on the light emitter 22 when the user is working in a darkened environment. Thus, the light emitter 22 illuminates the darkened environment to enhance the user's ability to work. Additionally, the switch 24 and the power supply 26 are positioned on the temple section 20 of the respective arm. Thus, neither of the switch 24 nor the power supply 26 impedes the user's peripheral vision when the safety glasses 12 are worn.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
