IP Library Granted Patent US 8,770,743
Granted Patent B2
US 8,770,743 · App. 13/299,357 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Eyewear

Inventors: Kazuo Tsubota (Chiba, JP); Hitoshi Tanaka (Gunma, JP)
Assignee: Jin Co., Ltd.
G02C5/001
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Patent No.
US 8,770,743
App. No.
13/299,357
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Eyewear comprising a frame and a liquid storage portion that is disposed within the frame and that includes a cavity for storing liquid. The liquid storage portion includes a gas passing section that allows gas to pass therethrough from the cavity to an inside surface of the frame, which is a surface facing a head of a wearer when the frame is worn on the head, but does not allow liquid to pass therethrough from the cavity to the inside surface of the frame. The liquid storage portion may be disposed such that an outer surface of the liquid storage portion is further inside the frame than an outer surface of the frame.

Claims (59)

1. Eyewear comprising:

a frame; and

a liquid storage portion that is disposed within the frame and that includes a cavity for storing liquid in a non-absorbed state, wherein

the liquid storage portion includes a gas permeable hole that is formed in an inside surface thereof, which is a surface facing a head of a wearer when the frame is worn on the head, that penetrates from the cavity to the inside surface of the liquid storage portion, and that allows gas to pass therethrough but does not allow liquid to pass therethrough.

2. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid storage portion is disposed such that an outer surface of the liquid storage portion is further inside the frame than an outer surface of the frame.

3. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid storage portion is detachable from the frame.

4. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame includes a rim that supports a lens, the rim including a hood portion that extends from a periphery of the lens toward the wearer.

5. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid storage portion further includes an opening in the inside surface thereof and a lid that blocks the opening, the gas permeable hole being formed in the lid.

6. The eyewear according to claim 5 , wherein

the lid is made of an elastomer.

7. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame includes a temple and an ear band that covers a portion of the temple,

the liquid storage portion is disposed in the temple, and

the portion of the temple covered by the ear band includes an opening that connects the cavity of the liquid storage portion to outside of the temple, such that liquid can be supplied to the cavity by removing the ear band.

8. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid storage portion further includes a water retentive or water absorbent material.

9. The eyewear according to claim 8 , wherein

the water retentive or water absorbent material occupies less than half the volume of the cavity.

10. The eyewear according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the gas permeable holes are formed in the inside surface of the liquid storage portion, and

when the frame is worn on the head, distance from a bottommost portion of the gas permeable holes to a bottommost portion of a component of the frame that the liquid storage portion is disposed in is greater than distance from a topmost portion of the gas permeable holes to a topmost portion of the component of the frame that the liquid storage portion is disposed in.

11. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein

the liquid storage portion is disposed such that an outer surface of the liquid storage portion is further inside the frame than an outer surface of the frame.

12. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein

the liquid storage portion is detachable from the frame.

13. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein

the frame includes a rim that supports a lens, the rim including a hood portion that extends from a periphery of the lens toward the wearer.

14. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein

the liquid storage portion includes an opening in the inside surface thereof and a lid that blocks the opening, the gas permeable hole being formed in the lid.

15. The eyewear according to claim 14 , wherein

the lid is made of an elastomer.

16. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein

the component of the frame that the liquid storage portion is disposed in is a temple, an ear band, or an end piece of the frame.

17. The eyewear according to claim 16 , wherein

the shape of the inside surface of the liquid storage portion conforms to the shape of the component of the frame that the liquid storage portion is disposed in.

18. Eyewear comprising:

a frame; and

a liquid storage portion that is disposed within the frame and that includes a cavity for storing liquid, wherein

the liquid storage portion includes a gas permeable hole that is formed in an inside surface thereof, which is a surface facing a head of a wearer when the frame is worn on the head, that penetrates from the cavity to the inside surface of the liquid storage portion, and that allows gas to pass therethrough but does not allow liquid to pass therethrough, and

the liquid storage portion further includes an opening in the inside surface thereof and a lid that blocks the opening, the gas permeable hole being formed in the lid.

19. The eyewear according to claim 18 , wherein

the lid is made of an elastomer.

20. The eyewear according to claim 18 , wherein

the shape of the inside surface of the liquid storage portion conforms to the shape of a component of the frame that the liquid storage portion is disposed in.

21. Eyewear comprising:

a frame; and

a liquid storage portion that is disposed within the frame and that includes a cavity for storing liquid, wherein

the liquid storage portion includes a gas permeable hole that is formed in an inside surface thereof, which is a surface facing a head of a wearer when the frame is worn on the head, that penetrates from the cavity to the inside surface of the liquid storage portion, and that allows gas to pass therethrough but does not allow liquid to pass therethrough,

the frame includes a temple and an ear band that covers a portion of the temple,

the liquid storage portion is disposed in the temple, and

the portion of the temple covered by the ear band includes an opening that connects the cavity of the liquid storage portion to outside of the temple, such that liquid can be supplied to the cavity by removing the ear band.

22. The eyewear according to claim 21 , wherein

the liquid storage portion is disposed such that an outer surface of the liquid storage portion is further inside the frame than an outer surface of the frame.

23. The eyewear according to claim 21 , wherein

the shape of the inside surface of the liquid storage portion conforms to the shape of the temple.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: JIN CO. LTD.
To: JINS INC.
Reel/Frame 051238/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: JINS INC.
To: JINS HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 051238/0666 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2011
From: TSUBOTA, KAZUO; TANAKA, HITOSHI
To: JIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027280/0710 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-291309 · Dec 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120162598A1 · Jun 28, 2012