US 7,320,514 B2
Auxiliary eyewear assembly with micromagnetic attachment
Greg Smith, Plano, Tex. (US)
Assigned to E'lite Optik U.S. L.P., Carrolton, Tex. (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/273,133.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/627451, filed on Nov. 12, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0126007 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
Int. Cl. G02C 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 351—47  [351/57] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eyewear system comprising:
a primary frame adapted to support a pair of primary lenses in fixed relationship, the primary frame made of magnetically attractable material;
an auxiliary frame adapted to support a pair of auxiliary lenses in fixed relationship, the auxiliary frame comprising a front and a back;
a plurality of slots located in the back of the auxiliary frame;
a plurality of micromagnets located in the slots; and,
at least two micromagnets being positioned in an end-to-end relationship with their common poles adjacent to one another.