Thomas J Swift

US Patent:

20090073376, Mar 19, 2009

Filed:

Sep 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/901348

Inventors:

Thomas Arthor Swift - Greenwich CT, US

International Classification:

G02C 9/02

US Classification:

351 59

Abstract:

The invention relates generally to the field of reading glasses with safety as a factor in many cases where these glasses are used during the work day. The lenses are attached to a frame which is not a typical frame for glasses and frame and lenses are attached to each other by a small hinge which allows the lenses to flip up and down without removing the glasses and frame. Unlike standard reading glasses that you take off when not reading, they can become lost or broken while not on your head during work. The important feature is that while quite often a worker has one hand occupied with tools, the other hand is free to flip the lenses up or down without removing the glasses.