Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
Patent
1994-01-10
1996-08-27
Sugarman, Scott J.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Ophthalmic lenses or blanks
351 45, 351 46, 351177, G02C 702, G02C 716
Patent
active
055505996
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a lens for eyeglasses having at least one optical zone and at least one peripheral zone. At least a portion of the surface of the lens in the peripheral zone is modified such as by the removal of lens material or the addition of material to the surface of the lens. The lens may extend throughout the wearer's entire angular range of vision. In another embodiment of the present invention, independent surface modified lenses are placed in the wearer's left and right fields of vision.
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Oakley Inc.
Sugarman Scott J.
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