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

Claim 19:
20. A protective eyewear lens assembly comprising:
a lens body having a lens width and extending in a widthwise direction between a first lens end and a second lens end, said lens body having a lens height and extending in a heightwise direction between a first edge surface portion and a second edge surface portion, said lens body having a lens thickness and including a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion facing opposite with a thickness direction extending therebetween, said lens body unitarily formed from a first quantity of polymeric material and 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; and,
first and second groove side surfaces extending along said lens body in said widthwise direction, said first groove side surface disposed toward said first edge surface portion and said second groove side surface spaced apart from said first groove side surface in said heightwise direction toward said second edge surface portion, said first and second groove side surfaces oriented transverse to said first side surface portion such that an elongated groove extends into said lens body from along said first side surface portion toward said second side surface portion, said elongated groove including a groove face surface extending widthwise along said lens body between said first and second groove side surfaces, said 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 formed from an elongated length of metal-detectable material and extending lengthwise between first and second component ends; and,
an elongated cover body at least partially formed from a second quantity of polymeric material that is separate from said first quantity of polymeric material;
said metal-detectable component being attached to one of said elongated cover body and said groove face surface of said lens body, and said elongated cover body extending across and along said elongated groove such that said metal-detectable component is disposed within said elongated groove of said lens body, said elongated cover body at least partially positioned within said elongated groove between said first and second groove side surfaces thereof and permanently attached to said lens body such that said metal-detectable component is permanently encased within said elongated groove by said elongated cover body.