Patent ID: 11925582
Assignee: GATEWAY SAFETY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A protective eyewear assembly comprising:
a lens body at least partially formed from a first quantity of polymeric material, said lens body having a lens height, a lens width and a lens thickness, said lens body extending in a widthwise direction between a first lens end and a second lens end opposite said first lens end, said lens body extending in a heightwise direction between a first edge surface portion and a second edge surface portion spaced apart from said first edge surface portion, said lens body including a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion facing opposite said first side surface portion such that said lens thickness is at least partially defined therebetween, said lens body including a first hinge connection disposed along said first lens end, a second hinge connection disposed along said second lens end, a first optically-transparent portion disposed toward said first lens end, a second optically-transparent portion disposed toward said second lens end with said first and second hinge connections and said first and second optically-transparent portions unitarily formed from said first quantity of polymeric material, and an elongated groove extending into said lens body in said thickness direction from an open end disposed along said first side surface portion toward a groove face surface offset in said thickness direction from said first and second side surface portions such that said groove face surface is disposed therebetween;
a metal-detectable component at least partially disposed within said elongated groove; and,
a cover body at least partially formed from a second quantity of polymeric material that is separate from said first quantity of polymeric material, said cover body extending across said elongated groove and at least partially disposed within said open end of said elongated groove, said cover body attached to said lens body such that said metal-detectable component is permanently encased on said lens body by said cover body;
a first temple pivotally attached to said first hinge connection of said lens body; and,
a second temple pivotally attached to said second hinge connection of said lens body.