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US6129435:
Decentered protective eyewear
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Reichow, Alan W.; Beaverton, OR
Citek, Karl; Hillsboro, OR
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| Assignee: |
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-10-10
/ 1998-04-09
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| Application Number: |
US1998000058118
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 9/02;
G02C 7/02;
G02C 7/10;
IPC-7:
G02C 7/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F9/02; G02C7/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/041;
351/159;
351/178;
Original:
351/041;
351/159;
351/178;
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| Field of Search: |
351/041,159,178
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-04-09 |
US1998000058118 |
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| Abstract: |
Noncorrective protective eyewear with lateral wrap and pantoscopic tilt introduce prismatic distortion and astigmatism into lenses that interfere with good optical performance. The lenses of this invention have an optical axis that is deviated away from the line of sight, in a direction generally opposite the inward tilt of the lateral wrap and/or the incline of pantoscopic tilt, to offset the tilt induced prism. Low power may be introduced into the lenses to decrease their taper, further offset the tilt induced prism and astigmatism (particularly in peripheral fields of view), lessen weight, provide better physical stability, and allow more uniform light transmission than plano lenses. The lenses may be cut from lens blanks in which the A line of the lens is at a non-zero angle to an equator of the lens, and the optical center of the lens may be horizontally and vertically displaced from the geometric center of the lens, and even off the lens altogether. This invention provides greater versatility in cutting a lens from a lens blank in a position that avoids peripheral irregularities in the molded lens blank, while significantly decreasing tilt induced prism, yoked and vergence demands, and astigmatic blur along the line of sight and peripherally.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Klarquist Sparkman Campbell Leigh & Whinston, LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mai, Huy;
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1. A low minus power noncorrective lens to be mounted in a frame to support the lens in front of an eye in an as worn orientation, the lens having at least two opposing edges with at least one of the opposing edges closer to the face than the other opposing edge, wherein the lens has an optical axis that is angled, with respect to a normal line of sight, away from the edge that is closer to the face and away from parallel with the normal line of sight to reduce prismatic distortion.
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G1999-611147
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| Other References: |
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US2002000307888 | 2002-12-02 | is a
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US2000000590860 | 2000-06-08 | is a
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