Patent · US Expired

Sports training eyeglasses

US6513928B1 · kind B1 · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 4, 2002
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/16
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pair of sports training eyeglasses is provided for training a user to keep his/her eye on a ball while hitting either a stationary ball, e.g. in golf or hockey, or a moving ball, e.g., in baseball and softball. The pair of sports training eyeglasses have a pair of lenses, each lens having an opaque peripheral region and a viewing aperture, and a frame having an elongated bridge bar having opposite ends, a pair of opposing temporal side members extending from respective ends of the elongated bridge bar, a means for adjusting the position of each temporal side member in relation to the elongated bridge bar, a movably nose piece, a means for removably attaching each lens to the elongated bridge bar, wherein the position of each lens is adjustable in relation to the nose piece, and a means for locking the position of each lens on the elongated bridge bar. A first set of lenses is provided having an oval shaped viewing aperture and is used in training a user to hit a moving ball. A second set of lenses is provided having a viewing aperture being an elongated slit that is rotatable between a vertical orientation for fitting the lenses on a user and a horizontal orientation for training…

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