Patent ID: 6776480
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
Spectacles comprising:a pair of lenses each of which exhibit a change in base curve across the field of vision of the wearer of at least 3D horizontally, have a sagittal depth at the horizontal temporal limit that is at least 10 mm greater than the sagittal depth at the horizontal nasal limit and have a front surface and a back surface which clears the temples and eyelashes of the wearer; and a frame having apertures for receiving said lenses, the frame apertures being generally ovaline in shape, enclosing the region of the wearer's eyes and tapering from regions of forward vision toward the temple, each aperture lying approximately on a generally monoformal carrier surface, such that all points on the front surfaces of the lenses lie at or behind the respective carrier surfaces.