Patent ID: 6275998
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A61F,G02C

Abstract:
An eye shield device for completely occluding the peripheral field of vision and partially occluding the forward field of vision of the wearer, comprising means for supporting the device on the head of the wearer, a forward shield member which is opaque-to-motion such that the movement of objects is not perceivable therethrough, and peripheral shield members adjoined to said forward shield member which are opaque-to-motion such that the movement of objects is not perceivable therethrough, where said peripheral shield members occlude all of the peripheral field of vision of the wearer and where said forward shield member occludes the upper region of the forward field of vision of the wearer between said peripheral shield members, said forward shield member extending down to between at least 10 degrees above the mid sight line of the wearer and 20 degrees below the mid sight line of the wearer, such that the forward field of vision of the wearer is unoccluded over the range from at least the lower 70 degrees of the inferior field of vision below the mid sight line of the wearer to the lower 10 degrees of the superior field of vision above the mid sight line of the wearer.