Patent ID: 8545012

Claim:
Illuminated eyewear comprising: a front laterally extending cross-frame portion; a pair of temple arm portions that have a use configuration with the temple arm portions generally extending rearwardly from the front cross-frame portion; front frame portions of the cross-frame portion adjacent to the pair of temple arm portions in the use configuration; light sources mounted to the temple arm portions adjacent to the front frame portions; and a pass-through portion of each of the front frame portions oriented to be forwardly of the light sources with the temple arm portions in the use configuration with the pass-through portion configured to allow light projected from each light source to project through the front frame portions forwardly of the cross-frame portion; wherein the cross-frame portion comprises a cross-frame member, the temple arm portions comprise temple arm members, and further comprising a pivot connection between each of the temple arm members and the cross-frame member for pivoting the temple arm members between the use configuration and a storage configuration with the temple arm members generally extending laterally adjacent to the cross-frame member, and wherein the pass-through portion comprises a rearwardly opening bore, the temple arm members each include a forward surface, and the light sources each are mounted to the corresponding temple arm member to include a forward portion thereof that projects forwardly beyond the forward surface of the corresponding temple arm member so that with the temple arm members in the use configuration, the forward portion of each the light sources extends into the corresponding rearwardly opening bore.