Patent ID: 6109749
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
A soft bifocal contact lens comprising a generally concave-convex, lens of soft plastic material shaped and dimensioned to an eye of a user;a portion of said lens formed to provide a distance vision correction for the eye of the user;a portion of said lens disposed beneath the central portion of said lens formed to provide a near vision correction for the eye of the user; anda bevel portion of the lens protruding outwardly from the convex side of the lens, said bevel portion having an upper and lower shoulder which converge to form an extended bevel of a length that precludes the bevel from passing beneath the upper or lower eyelid of the user while the eyeball translates downwardly to dispose the pupil in a proper visional relationship with the near correction portion of the lens, said bevel being disposed beneath the portion of the lens providing the near vision correction.