US611396A - Charles r - Google Patents

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No. enss. Patented septf 27, |898. c. `12.:"sHlaLflmN'.

EYE SHIELD.

(Application led Oct. 30, 1897.) (No Model.)

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VATENT CHARLES R. SHELDON, OF KASSON, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE OELLULOID GOOGLE COMPANY, OF `SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,396, dated September 27, 1898. Application iiled October 30,1897, Serial No. 656,958. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. SHELDON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kas-l sen, in the county of Dodge and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Eye` Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shields for eyes, its object being to improve the construction of such devices and to provide a simple,in expensive, and efficient art-icle adapted to protect the eyes from dust without impairing the vision. A

A further object of the invention is to so construct the shield that it will readily adapt itself to fit closely to the face without annoying the wearer and which will not be liable to be easily broken.

With these objects in View the invention consists of the several details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing my improved shield in position on the face of the wearer. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank, of transparent material, from which the shield is made. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the completed shield. Fig. l is an end view thereof.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several iigures.

l indicates a blank, of celluloid or similar flexible transparent material, from which my improved shield is made. As shown, the blank has the general form of an ellipse, with a recess or notch 2 in its lower edge midway the ends of the blank, such notch being formed to enable the shield to straddle the nose of the wearer and engage the face with its lower edge on each side of the nose, below the eyes. At each end of the blank a V-shaped notch 3 is formed, and the end portions of the blank on opposite sides of the notches will be folded across each other until the edges 4 of the notch will be at substantially a right angle to each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and such crossed portions at each end will be secured together by an eyelet 5, which eyelets serve 5o also `to receive the end of the elastic band 6 or other similar device by means of which the shield is held in position. Openings 5a will be formed in these end portions for the reception of the eyelet. It will be seen that by notching the ends of the blank and crossing the end portions, as described, the ends of the blank will extend at substantially a right angle to the main portion thereof and that the blank will be concavo-convex transversely on each side of the recess 2, and when the shield 6o is secured in position its edges will engage the face of the wearer with the concavo-convex portions immediately in front of the eyes and sufficiently in advance thereof as not to bein contact with the eyelashes.

A strip of flexible and absorbent material, 7, such as cloth or felt, is folded over the edge of the shield, entirely around it, and stitched thereto, as indicated at 8. This binding will form a soft cushion and prevent the sharp 7o edges of the blank from coming into contact with the face of the wearer and also strengthen the shield and render it less liable to break. lt will also absorb perspiration, which might otherwise run down from the forehead of the wearer into his eyesand prove a source of annoyance. v

A series of perforations 9 are formed in the blank in such manner as to `extend. entirely around each eye when the shield is in posi- 8o tion, and these perforations will be of such size as to practically exclude dust, and yet admit air freely to ventilate the eyes, and the number and character of these perforations may be varied as circumstances may require. 8 5

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and easily' manufactured and can therefore be produced at a comparatively low cost and that it is adapted to protect the eyes of the wearer from dust and also to soften 9o the light for weak eyes, as the Celluloid or. similar flexible transparent material will not be as clear as glass. As the shield is Aformed from a singleblank of transparent material there is no joint to form a dark line and interfere with the vision of the wearer, and the flexibility of the shield will permit it to adapt itself to fit closely around its edges against the face of the wearer.

lt will be understood that changes in the roo form, proportion, and the minor details of construction lmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim isl. An eye-shield formed from a single piece of iiexible transparent material and having its ends notched, and the portions on each side of the respective notches crossed and secured together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. An eye-shield formed from a single piece of flexible transparent material and having a notch or recess formed in its lower edge to straddle the nose of the wearer and its ends being notched and the portions on each side of the respective notches being crossed and secured together, substantially as described. 3. An eye-shield formed from a single piece of flexible transparent material, having its ends notched and the portions on each side of' the respective notches crossed and secured together, and a binding of flexible absorbent material secured to the edge of the shield entirely around it, substantially as described.

4. VAn eye-shield formed from a single piece of fiexible transparent material having its ends notched, and the portions on each side of the respective notches being crossed, an

eyelet to secure the respective crossed portions together, and an elastic band or similar securing device secured in said eyelets, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. An eye-shield formed of'a sin gle continuous blank of flexible transparent material having its end portions folded inward and provided with attaching-eyelets, said blank being further provided at a central point in its lower edge with a notch for the nose, and

between said notch and the inwardly-folded ends, with oppositely-located concavo-convex portions adapted to t over and protrude out wardly from the eyes, substantially as set forth.

6. An eye-shield formed from a single piece of fiexible transparent material, and having a notch or recess formed in its lower edge to straddle the nose of the wearer and its ends being notched and the portions on each side of the respective notches being crossed and secured together, a binding of flexible absorbent material secured to the shield and extending entirely around its edges, and said shield having a series of perforations formed therein to afford ventilation for the eyes of the wearer, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. SHELDON. Witnesses:

J. J. MCCAUGHEY,

-MELVIN A. LITTLETON.

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