Patent ID: 7356854

Claim:
Eyewear comprising: at least one lens; a frame made of a first material, having opposite side ends thereof, the frame securing the at least one lens thereto; means contoured for surrounding and shielding the eyes of a user; a head support for holding the eyewear on a user's head in a manner such that said means are forced to abut an area around the eyes of the user; and a pair of side mounting tabs each having opposite first and second ends thereof, secured at the first end thereof to the respective side ends of the frame, the head support being attached to the respective side mounting tabs at the second end thereof, and the side mounting tabs being made of a resilient second material to provide a flexibility of the tabs, each of the side mounting tabs including a reinforced section at the second end thereof such that the reinforced section at the second end is less flexible than an intermediate section of the side mounting tab between the reinforced section at the second end and a section at the first end which is secured to the frame.