Patent ID: 6206521
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G02B,G09B

Abstract:
Eyewear that simulates selected bodily impairments comprising:a. a goggle worn over a person's face comprising:i. a frame that defines an opening having mutually perpendicular transverse and longitudinal centerlines, the opening spanning the distance between the eyes of the person; andii. an eyepiece retained in and filling the frame opening, the eyepiece having transverse and longitudinal centerlines that coincide with the frame opening transverse and longitudinal centerlines, respectively, the eyepiece being produced from a fresnel lens having a multiplicity of light refracting prisms arranged in concentric circles around a center, the eyepiece causing a person to perceive objects as being distorted when he wears the eyewear on his face; andb. a band that removably holds the goggle to the person's face.