Eyewear with enhanced air flow and/or absorption features
View Patent ↗Eyewear having an enhanced air flow and/or absorption features which may be used for safety, sports, and the like. The eyewear may desirably provides features in design and/or function of the structure to enhance air flow and reduce moisture. Additional elements such as removable pads and/or cartridges may be used with the eyewear to enhanced airflow and reduce moisture adjacent a user's eyes and face as well.
1. Eyewear adapted to protect a user's eyes, the eyewear comprising:
at least one lens, the lens having at least one first portion positioned adjacent a user's nose and at least one second portion which is positioned adjacent an outer edge of a user's eye when the eyewear is positioned on a user's face, the lens positioned to extend a distance from a user's eye and the lens configured to cover a user's eye from the distance, the lens having an outer edge including an upper edge; and
at least one frame portion coupled to at least a portion of the upper edge of the lens, the frame portion including a pair of ear pieces and at least a portion of the frame portion and ear pieces including a tubular conduit, a plurality of air openings formed in the conduit and at least one roller moveably positioned in the conduit such that movement of a user's head causes movement of the roller, and as the roller moves it pushes air through the conduit and out of at least one of the plurality of openings to reduce fogging of the lens.
2. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lens further comprises a common lens which extends over both of a user's eyes when the eyewear is positioned on a user's face.
3. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of air openings are covered by at least one diaphragm flapper valve provided on the outside of the conduit.
4. The eyewear of claim 3 , wherein each ear piece includes a first portion and a second portion at an opposite end thereof, and wherein the first portion is coupled to the frame portion and the conduit extends into the first portion of each air piece and at least a portion of the second portion of each ear piece.
5. The eyewear of claim 4 , wherein air intake into the conduit is provided via an opening in the second portion of at least one of the ear pieces.
6. The eyewear of claim 5 , wherein air enters the conduit via the opening in the second portion of at least one of the ear pieces and air is moved via the roller in the conduit such that the air is expelled adjacent a user's eyes via the plurality of openings and the diaphragm flapper valve adjacent a user's eyes.