Patent ID: 7204589

Claim:
A protective eyewear article comprising: a. a transparent shield formed as a curved panel including a central nose area, said shield adapted for placement on a wearer's face; b. a prescription lens insert adapted to be attached to said shield, to releasably hold prescription lenses and to allow adjustment of position and orientation of said lenses in relation to said shield, said insert comprising: (i) a set of eye wires, each defining a closed loop having top and bottom parts, each loop adapted to circumscribe and hold the edges of a lens, (ii) a central bridge portion having opposite sides, and (iii) a set of upper and lower arms extending outward from each of said sides of said central bridge portion, said upper and lower arms of each set having proximal ends fixed to one of said sides of said central bridge portion and distal ends fixed to said top and bottom parts of one of said eye wires respectively, and c. means for connecting said central bridge portion of the insert to the corresponding central nose area of said shield, d. said arms being bendable for adjusting the position and orientation of said lenses relative to said shield.