Patent ID: 6827440
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
A colored contact lens comprising a non-opaque pupil section, an iris section surrounding said pupil section, and a colored, opaque intermittent pattern made up of a plurality of elements located over said entire iris section that leaves a substantial portion within the interstices of the pattern non-opaque, said pattern covering an effective amount of the said iris section to change the apparent color of the iris, said pattern comprising: a plurality of portions, each of said portions being a different shade from each other portion, each of said portions overlapping each other portion at a plurality of points, wherein at least one of said plurality of portions contains a design selected from the group consisting of uniform and non-uniform dots, islands of color, worms, starbursts, corkscrews, spokes, spikes, striations, radial stripes, zig-zags and streaks, thereby providing a lens capable of changing the apparent color of the iris of a person wearing the lens and imparting a very natural appearance.