Safety glasses
The present invention relates to the field of glasses, and in particular to a kind of safety glasses having removable shield members with one or more protruding tab members configured to be releasably received and/or connected to one or more receiving holes formed on glasses temples. The safety glasses also can have capability to receive and transmit music phone calls, and other audio. Connection or removal of a shield member does not disrupt functioning of the actuator buttons or transmission and reception of music, phone calls and other audio.
1 . A smartglasses assembly comprising:
a front frame;
a pair of temples configured with wireless communication technology and having one or more receiving holes disposed on a bottom surface thereof; and
a pair of removable shield members connectable to the temples, each shield member having a shield portion and one or more tab members extending from a top section of each of the shield portions and corresponding in shape to the temple receiving holes;
wherein the temple receiving holes are each adapted to receive and releasably secure a shield member of the pair and at least one of the tab members have one or more magnetic members disposed thereon adapted to engage with corresponding magnetic members disposed in the receiving holes; and
wherein one or more actuator buttons extend from a surface of the temples, at least one actuator button configured to control the wireless communication technology of the temples the wireless communication technology configured and programmed to transmit and receive electronic signals, and connection or removal of one or both of the shield members does not disrupt functioning of the temple actuator buttons or transmission and reception of the electronic signals to or from the temples.
2 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shield member tabs are smooth and elongate, and releasably secure to the temple receiving holes without a biasing force, and wherein the electronic signals comprise audio.
3 . The glasses assembly of claim 1 , wherein the ability for the tab members to magnetically connect to the receiving holes of the temples enables a user's use of the glasses assembly while wearing gloves.
4 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 1 , wherein connection of a first shield member of the pair to a first temple of the pair is independent of connection of a second shield member of the pair to a second temple of the pair.
5 . A smartglasses assembly comprising:
a front frame;
a pair of temples integrated with wireless communication technology for transmitting and receiving audio, each temple having an opening disposed on a bottom surface thereof and extending a distance into the temples to form a channel, the channel terminating at an end wall in communication with at least one ferromagnetic member; and
a pair of removable shield members connectable to the temples, each shield member having a shield portion and a tab member extending from a top surface of the shield portion and adapted to friction fit within a corresponding channel of the temple, each tab member further comprising at least one ferromagnetic element adapted to engage with at least one ferromagnetic member of the temples to releasably secure the shield members to the temples by magnetic force; and
wherein at least one smartglasses control button extends from a middle section of a bottom surface of at least one temple, and engagement of the pair of shield members with the corresponding temples does not disrupt access to the control buttons of the corresponding temple or transmission and reception of audio by the wireless communication technology of the temples.
6 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 5 , wherein each temple opening and receiving hole is rectangular in shape and is adapted to receive correspondingly shaped tab members of the shield members to releasably connect the shield members to the temples without a biasing force.
7 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 5 , wherein the tab members protrude from a top portion of each shield portion, and each shield member further comprises a curved edge.
8 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 7 , wherein upon connection of each shield member to corresponding receiving holes in the temples, the curved edge becomes flush with a bottom side of the temple to which it is connected to.
9 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 6 , wherein the shield members are installable on the temples while the smartglasses assembly is worn on the face of a user.
10 . A removable shield member for smartglasses comprising:
a shield portion comprising a substantially smooth and continuous exterior sidewall, the sidewall having a first, curvilinear edge configured to substantially abut a front frame of smartglasses and a second edge configured to substantially abut a bottom surface of smartglasses temples, the edges forming a substantially non-perpindicular corner, the shield portion configured to shield user's eves and prevent debris from entering user's eyes;
a tab members protruding from a top surface of the shield portion, the tab member being an elongate body having a continuous, substantially smooth exterior surface and comprising a magnetic element to facilitate magnetic connection with a corresponding ferromagnetic member in a receiving hole of a smartglasses temple; and
wherein installation or removal of the shield member to or from the smartglasses temple does not disrupt functioning of actuator buttons or transmission and reception of the electronic signals of the temple.
11 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the tab members are formed to correspond to one or more receiving holes disposed on the temples of the smartglasses.
12 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the tab members are formed to correspond to one or more receiving holes disposed on end pieces of the smartglasses.
13 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the tab members protrude from a top portion of the shield portion.
14 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein at least one tab member is curved and at least one tab member is straight, and wherein the straight tab member is configured to engage with at least one temple receiving hole.
15 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more actuator buttons are integrated with the temples.
16 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pair of safety shield tab members are retained within the receiving holes without a biasing force.
17 . The smartglasses assembly of claim 5 , wherein the one or more control buttons are integrated with the temples.
18 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the pair of said safety shield tab members are retained within the receiving holes without a biasing force.
19 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the tab members are removable from the smartglasses temples receiving holes by applying a downward force on the shield portion of the safety shields.
20 . The removable shield member of claim 10 , wherein the shield portion sidewall is uninterrupted by raised features.