Patent ID: 7648234

Claim:
Eyewear adapted to protect a user's eyes, the eyewear comprising: a pair of lenses, the lenses positioned adjacent each other and the lenses positioned together to provide a vacuum sealed space provided between each other, the lenses each having at least one first portion positioned adjacent a user's nose and at least one second portion which is positioned adjacent an outer edge of a user's eye when the eyewear is positioned on a user's face, the pair of lenses positioned to extend a distance from a user's eye and the pair of lenses configured to cover a user's eye from the distance, the pair of lenses each having an outer edge, the pair of lenses having at least one heating element positioned in the vacuum sealed space between the lenses; at least a portion of a frame positioned about at least a portion of an outer edge of the pair of lenses; and a pair of ear pieces coupled to the frame, the ear pieces configured to assist in holding the eyewear on a user's head, wherein at least one of the pair of ear pieces comprising a contact point and the lens adjacent the ear piece includes another contact point such that when a contact on the ear piece is positioned against a contact point on the lens, the battery is activated and the heating elements in at least the lens are activated, and wherein the battery is not activated to heat the eyewear until at least one ear piece having a battery thereon is unfolded and extended at a perpendicular angle away from the lens such that a contact point on one ear piece contacts a contact point on the lens such that a circuit is completed to turn the battery on to activate the heating elements.