Patent Application
20200064652
The present invention relates to eyewear, such as sunglasses, and more particularly eyewear that may be worn with a cap or other head wear with a visor or bill.
The temple tips of sunglasses have a tendency to hurt the area above the ears when worn with baseball hats and where the temple tips meet the side panels of the hat.
In addition, many times a user will want to elevate their eyewear to rest on their head so that they can have an unobstructed view, or in the case of sunglasses, to quickly transition to a darkened environment. This can be difficult with conventional eyewear.
As can be seen, there is a need for an improved eyewear for use with a cap or brimmed headgear.
In one aspect of the present invention a headwear mountable eyewear is disclosed. The eyewear includes a frame assembly having a first frame member and a second frame member detachably interconnected by a magnet carried in a left bridge and a right bridge of the frame assembly. A lens is carried in at least one of the first frame member and the second frame member. An articulating support arm is attached to a lateral aspect of the frame assembly. A clip is attached to an aft end of the articulating support arm. The clip has a channel defined therein adapted to receive an edge of a visor of the headwear.
In some embodiments, the articulating support arm includes a plurality of interconnected support arm segments. The segments include a yoke defined at a first end of each of the plurality of support arm segments, the yoke defines a yoke socket. A ball is defined at a second end of the segment. The ball of a subsequent support arm segment is received in the yoke socket of a preceding support arm segment.
In other embodiments, the frame assembly may also include a frame socket defined at the lateral aspect of the frame assembly. The frame socket is dimensioned to receive the ball of a first support arm segment. The clip may also include a ball dimensioned to be received in a socket of a terminal support arm segment.
The at least one lens may include an optical lens, a sunglass lens, or a safety lens.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description and claims.
The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles visor mounted glasses, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
Broadly, embodiments of the present invention provide an eyewear that is mountable to a hat. The eyewear may be quickly adjusted so that it may be elevated to a position atop the hat.
As seen in reference to the drawings of
The frame member may include a right frame element 14a and a left frame element 14b joined by a bridge assembly 16 that rests upon a user's nose. In some embodiments, the bridge assembly 16 includes right bridge 16a and a left bridge 16b that are removably connectable by a magnet 22 carried in adjoining ends of the right bridge 16a and the left bridge 16b. In some embodiments, the joint may include a snap fit interconnection.
The frame assembly 16 is carried by a support arm 18. A clip 20 is attached at an end of the support arm 18. The support arm 18 is configured to articulate about a longitudinal and lateral axis of the support arm 18. The support arm 18 may be formed by a plurality of interlocking segments 18. Each segment includes a yoke 18a defined at a first end of the segment 18. The yoke 18a defines a socket 18b. A ball 18c is defined at a second end of the segment 18, such a ball 18c of a successive segment 18 is received in the socket 18c of a preceding segment 18. In a preferred embodiment, the lateral aspects of the right 14a and left 14b frame elements are configured with a socket adapted to receive a ball 18c of a first support arm segment 18.
The clip 20 has an elongate slot that is adapted to receive visor 24, or brim of a wearer's headgear, such as a baseball cap. The clip 20 may also have a ball 20a protruding from the clip 20. The ball 20a is configured to interconnect with the socket 18b of a terminal support arm segment 18.
In use, the wearer would attach the clips 20 to the visor 24. The support arms 18 may be articulated so that the bridge assembly 16 is positioned on the wearer's nose with the at least one lens 12 positioned over the wearer's eyes. To elevate the eyewear 10, the user may separate the left and right frame members 14a, 14b and raise the frames 14a, 14b above the visor 24. The user may then rejoin the frame members 14a, 14b, so that the magnets 22 in the bridges 16a, 16b are attracted to one another to hold the frame assembly 14 together with the eyewear resting upon the visor 24.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments visor mounted glasses and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope visor mounted glasses as set forth in the following claims.
