IP Library Granted Patent US 7,527,373
Granted Patent B2
US 7,527,373 · App. 11/758,868 · Granted May 5, 2009

Safety eyewear

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,527,373
App. No.
11/758,868
Granted
May 5, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including: a lens permanently attached to a removable lens carrier; and a frame removably attached to the removable lens carrier, the removable lens carrier and the frame extend from a bottom of a side portion of the lens across an upper portion of the lens to a bottom of an opposite side portion of the lens wherein the safety eyewear provides a user with an unobstructed field of vision during use.

Claims (8)

1. A safety eyewear comprising:

a lens attached to a removable lens carrier; and

the lens carrier configured to be removably attached to a frame while said frame is engaged with the face of a user, the removable lens carrier and the frame extend from a bottom of a side portion of the lens across an upper portion of the lens to a bottom of an opposite side portion of the lens wherein the safety eyewear provides a user with an unobstructed field of vision in a vertical direction during use.

2. Safety eyewear in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the attached lens is permanently attached to the removable lens carrier.

3. Safety eyewear in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the removable lens carrier engages the safety eyewear frame at side peripheral portions via projections on the removable lens carrier that engage corresponding female portions on the safety eyewear frame.

4. Safety eyewear in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the removable lens carrier engages the safety eyewear frame at an upper portion between the orbital lens portions and at a lower bridge portion.

5. Safety eyewear in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the unobstructed portion comprises at least an two centimeters of lens bottom on each orbital wherein the frame is not overlying the viewable lens portion.

6. Safety eyewear in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the unobstructed portion comprises at least an three centimeters of lens bottom on each orbital wherein the frame is not overlying the viewable lens portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2008
From: CABOT SAFETY INTERMEDIATE LLC
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022051/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: CABOT SAFETY INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION
To: CABOT SAFETY INTERMEDIATE LLC
Reel/Frame 021982/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2007
From: STANLEY, GLEN; CANAVAN, RICHARD W.; MARINI, SOLOMON
To: CABOT SAFETY INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019607/0548 →