Patent ID: 7931367

Claim:
Eyewear for positioning about the head of a user, said eyewear comprising: a lens frame for positioning proximate the eyes of a user, said lens frame including at least one lens for positioning proximate the eyes of a user said lens frame having a right side and a left side; a left temple attached to said left side of said lens frame and sized to extend over the left ear of the user, said left temple being formed to have a left cavity therein sized to removably receive therein one of an audio system and a cover plate; a right temple attached to said right side of said lens frame and sized to extend over the right ear of the user, said right temple being formed to have a right cavity therein sized to removably receive therein one of an audio system and a cover plate; said audio system for generating audible sound for the user, including: battery means for generating electrical power; audio means configured for producing audio signals convertible to audible signals for said user, said audio means being connected to said battery means to receive power therefrom; connector means connected to said audio means to receive said audio signal therefrom and for removable connection to audio transmitting means for supplying said audio signals and said electrical power thereto and for removable connection to a battery charger for supplying power to said battery means; audio transmitting means for removable connection to said connector to receive said audio signal, said audio transmitting means configured to convert said audio signal to said audible signal proximate an ear of a user.