| US 7,488,068 B2 | ||
| Eyewear with mask attachment features | ||
| Debra N. Welchel, Woodstock, Ga. (US); Ming Xie, Marietta, Ga. (US); Megan Christine Hansen Smith, Roswell, Ga. (US); Herb Flores Velazquez, Neenah, Wis. (US); Matrice Brown Jackson, Woodstock, Ga. (US); Andrew Joseph Beltz, Neenah, Wis. (US); Ralph Andrew Solarski, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); Russell J. Kroll, Woodstock, Ga. (US); Philip D. Palermo, Marietta, Ga. (US); and Suzuko Hisata, Atlanta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, Wis. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/413,576. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0252946 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02C 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 351—158 [2/8.2] | 20 Claims |
| 1. Eyewear adapted for protecting a user's eyes, including;
at least one lens which extends a distance from a user's face and which is configured to cover a user's eyes from the distance,
the lens having a first portion positioned adjacent a user's nose and a second portion positioned adjacent an outer edge of
a user's eye, the lens including an outer edge;
a pair of ear pieces attached to at least a portion of the eyewear, wherein each ear piece includes at least one magnet;
at least one adapter coupled to a portion of the eyewear, the adapter configured to couple to a mask; and
a hook assembly including a fastener and a hook connector which couples between a mask and the ear piece, the hook connector
having at least one magnet which is configured to magnetically couple to the ear piece and the fastener configured to couple
to a peripheral portion of a mask such that the hook assembly holds a mask to the eyewear when it is coupled thereto.
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