US1203785A - Eye-shield. - Google Patents

Eye-shield. Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US1203785A
US1203785A US6189115A US6189115A US1203785A US 1203785 A US1203785 A US 1203785A US 6189115 A US6189115 A US 6189115A US 6189115 A US6189115 A US 6189115A US 1203785 A US1203785 A US 1203785A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
shield
cap
vizor
eye
head
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US6189115A
Inventor
Burt R Rickards
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to US6189115A priority Critical patent/US1203785A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US1203785A publication Critical patent/US1203785A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B1/00—Hats; Caps; Hoods
    • A42B1/24—Hats; Caps; Hoods with means for attaching articles thereto, e.g. memorandum tablets or mirrors
    • A42B1/247—Means for attaching eyewear

Definitions

  • This invention relates to light shields and particularly to a shield for relieving the eyes of a motorist from the blinding glare of the headlights of an approaching car.
  • the present invention contemplates an eye shield or auxiliary vizor for a motorists cap or other head covering which by the simple tilting of the head may be moved into protecting relation to the line of vision whereby the eyes will be protected at the proper time and whereby at all other times the normal range of vision will not be ob structed.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a cap equipped with my invention
  • Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof
  • Fig. 3 is a plan View of the eye shield removed.
  • the light absorption member of my'invention consists of a sheet 3, preferably of celluloid or some similar material colored in a suitable absorbing shade, as green, amber or the like and of a shape and size to overhe and conform to the vizor 2 of the cap.
  • the member 3 at its forward edge has an integral depending flange 4 which is formed by creasing the material of the shield 3.
  • the member 3 may be provided with a centrally disposed cut out 5 in which is received the usual button or snap fastener 6 of the cap. Near opposite corners at the rear edge of the shield are perforations 7 in which is received an elastic or other device 8 for securing the shield 3 in position upon the cap.
  • the efiective length of the flexible connection 8 may be varied by means of an adjusting device 9.
  • the shield 3 is adjusted by means of the tape 8 to the cap as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This positions the shield in overlying relation to the vizor2 of the cap with the flange 4 projecting downwardly slightly beyond the forward edge of the vizor. Under normal conditions, the flange 1 is entirely clear of the normal range of vision of the eyes. If, however, the headlights on a car approaching from the opposite direction are observed, the head is tilted downwardly slightly to position the flange a in protecting relation to the line of vision so as to protect the eyes from the blinding glare of the head lights. As soon as the car is passed, the head is tilted back to leave the vision unobstructed.
  • the device of the present invention not only provides an effective shield for the eyes against the glare of a head light, but may be used as an ordinary eye shield as when driving in the daytime.
  • a device for use with a cap comprising a relatively horizontal member having a downwardly extended light absorption area disposed beyond the forward edge of the cap and movable into protecting relation to the range of vision by simple tilting movement of the head.
  • A. device for use with a cap having a vizor comprising a member effectively disposed relative to the vizor and having a downwardly extended light absorption area disposed beyond the forward edge of the vizor, and movable into protecting relation to the range of vision by simple tilting movement of the head, and means for fastening said member to the cap.
  • a device for use with a head covering provided with a forwardly projecting portion comprising a translucent member extending beyond the forward edge of said portion and having a notch at its rear edge, and a device on the head covering receivable in said notch.

Description

B. R. RICKARDS.
EYE SHIELD.
APPLICATION FILED NOV-17. 191s.
' 1,203,785. Patented NM, 1916.
m: mules rn-nu cu. rnamumo wuumu mm a.
BURT R. RIGKARDS, 0F MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.
EYE-SHIELD.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 7, 1916.
Application filed November 17, 1915. Serial No. 61,891.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, BURT It. RIoKARDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Melrose, county of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye- Shields, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to light shields and particularly to a shield for relieving the eyes of a motorist from the blinding glare of the headlights of an approaching car.
The present invention contemplates an eye shield or auxiliary vizor for a motorists cap or other head covering which by the simple tilting of the head may be moved into protecting relation to the line of vision whereby the eyes will be protected at the proper time and whereby at all other times the normal range of vision will not be ob structed.
The construction and manner of using my device will be more fully disclosed in the specification which follows.
In the drawings accompanying this specification I have shown a form of shield which not only illustrates the principles of my in vention but is in itself an embodiment found satisfactory in actual use and well adapted to the requirements of manufacture.
Throughout specification and drawings like reference numerals are correspondingly applied, and in these drawings:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a cap equipped with my invention, Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the eye shield removed.
I have indicated at 1 a cap having a vizor 2. The light absorption member of my'invention consists of a sheet 3, preferably of celluloid or some similar material colored in a suitable absorbing shade, as green, amber or the like and of a shape and size to overhe and conform to the vizor 2 of the cap. The member 3 at its forward edge has an integral depending flange 4 which is formed by creasing the material of the shield 3. The member 3 may be provided with a centrally disposed cut out 5 in which is received the usual button or snap fastener 6 of the cap. Near opposite corners at the rear edge of the shield are perforations 7 in which is received an elastic or other device 8 for securing the shield 3 in position upon the cap. The efiective length of the flexible connection 8 may be varied by means of an adjusting device 9.
In use, the shield 3 is adjusted by means of the tape 8 to the cap as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This positions the shield in overlying relation to the vizor2 of the cap with the flange 4 projecting downwardly slightly beyond the forward edge of the vizor. Under normal conditions, the flange 1 is entirely clear of the normal range of vision of the eyes. If, however, the headlights on a car approaching from the opposite direction are observed, the head is tilted downwardly slightly to position the flange a in protecting relation to the line of vision so as to protect the eyes from the blinding glare of the head lights. As soon as the car is passed, the head is tilted back to leave the vision unobstructed.
The device of the present invention not only provides an effective shield for the eyes against the glare of a head light, but may be used as an ordinary eye shield as when driving in the daytime.
Various modifications in the shape, material, and manner of attaching my device may obviously be made, if within the limits of the appended claims.
IV hat I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. A device for use with a cap, comprising a relatively horizontal member having a downwardly extended light absorption area disposed beyond the forward edge of the cap and movable into protecting relation to the range of vision by simple tilting movement of the head.
2. A. device for use with a cap having a vizor, comprising a member effectively disposed relative to the vizor and having a downwardly extended light absorption area disposed beyond the forward edge of the vizor, and movable into protecting relation to the range of vision by simple tilting movement of the head, and means for fastening said member to the cap.
3. A device for use with a head covering provided with a forwardly projecting portion, comprising a translucent member extending beyond the forward edge of said portion and having a notch at its rear edge, and a device on the head covering receivable in said notch.
4:. In combination with the vizor of a cap and the fastening therefor, a member carried by said cap and overlying said vizor. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature said nien'iber having a forwardly pointed in presence of two Witnesses.
notch at its rear edge to receive said fastener of the cap, and having a downwardly BURT RICKARDS directed translucent light absorption area lVitnesses:
disposed beyond the forward edge of the VICTORIA LOWDEN,
vizor. AGNEs V. OCONNELL.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.
US6189115A 1915-11-17 1915-11-17 Eye-shield. Expired - Lifetime US1203785A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US6189115A US1203785A (en) 1915-11-17 1915-11-17 Eye-shield.

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US6189115A US1203785A (en) 1915-11-17 1915-11-17 Eye-shield.

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US1203785A true US1203785A (en) 1916-11-07

Family

ID=3271718

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US6189115A Expired - Lifetime US1203785A (en) 1915-11-17 1915-11-17 Eye-shield.

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US1203785A (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2473394A (en) Safety headgear for pedestrians and workmen
US2549395A (en) Sun glare screen for attachment to rearview mirror arms
US2538608A (en) Eyeshield for headgear
US1179473A (en) Cap, hat, and other head-cover.
US1725340A (en) Detachable antiglare shield for headgear
US1203785A (en) Eye-shield.
US1067793A (en) Automobile-goggles.
US1298636A (en) Protector for the eyes.
US1158005A (en) Glare-screen.
US1665513A (en) Visor attachment for hats and caps
US2788523A (en) Anti-dazzle device for vehicle drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians
US1982511A (en) Glare protector for automobiles and other vehicles
US3023418A (en) Eye protector
US1182210A (en) Head-covering.
US1274257A (en) Eye-shield.
US1232812A (en) Glare-arrester attachment for hats or caps.
US1270640A (en) Goggles.
US1495828A (en) Glare shield
US1296366A (en) Attachment for headwear.
US1693505A (en) Carrying device for goggles
US542636A (en) Harry goldstein
US1789552A (en) Day and night vizor
US593374A (en) Eye-shade
US694449A (en) Combined vizor and eye-shield.
US630707A (en) Cap.