3m Innovative Properties Company

Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation

3m Innovation Properties Company

Glen E Stanley

Solomon Marini

Laurent Froissard

Richard W Canavan

Paul A Martinson

Keith E Fecteau

Sebastien Roland Fangeat

Chet Nadkarni

James E Nash

An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In another exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a maximum height (H), in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear into imaginary left and right halves, that is greater than 10 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes.

Eyewear having a flexural member

Decorative nose bridge and lower frame elements on safety eye wear

Eyewear for a person includes at least a frame for supporting at least one lens; and a nose bridge affixed to the frame. The nose bridge has first and second nose pads adapted for contact with first and second sides of a person's nose, wherein the nose pads are retained in a fixed position relative to the frame at a sagittal angle A of greater than 38 degrees. The eyewear may be safety glasses, goggles, sunglasses, cosmetic glasses, and/or vision correction glasses. The eyewear may include only one lens, or may include two separate lenses.

Eyewear with improved fit

Eyewear temple with slots

Pair of eyewear temples

An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In another exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a maximum height (H), in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear into imaginary left and right halves, that is greater than 20 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes.

An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a radius of curvature that is less than 80 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes.

Eyewear having an arcuate flexural member

Eyewear lens feature

Eyewear transition feature

Safety eyewear has a frame and a lens carrier permanently or removably attached to the frame. The lens carrier includes a prescription insert. The safety eyewear may further include an adjustable length strap and a strap attachment device for attaching the strap to the frame. In some embodiments, the frame may include a vent.

Safety eyewear including a prescription insert

Eyewear keystone feature

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Woodstock, CT, United States of America

Glen E Stanley