Patent ID: 7059718

Claim:
Eyewear for providing a clear, magnified, wide field of view comprising: a pair of lens elements, each of said lens elements having a spherically shaped front surface, said front surface having a front surface center and a front surface radius, and a spherically shaped back surface, said back surface having a back surface center and a back surface radius, said front surface and said back surface defining a thickness therebetween, each said lens element further having a nasal edge, a temporal edge and an optical node, each said lens element further having a positive vertex power; and wherein said front surface center is offset from said back surface center so that said thickness tapers from the thickest portion of said lens element in the direction of both said nasal edge and said temporal edge; and wherein each of said lens elements are oriented in an as worn position so that an axis drawn through said front surface center and said back surface center diverges from a person's normal line of sight toward said temporal edge by at least about 15 degrees so that said optical node is positioned outside of the person's normal line of sight and toward said temporal edge.