Patent ID: 8235524

Claim:
Illuminated eyewear comprising: a pair of elongate temple arms each having forward and rearward end portions; inner and outer surface portions of each temple arm having a substantially flat configuration and extending lengthwise along the temple arms; a front support including a bridge portion extending laterally between the forward end portions of the temple arms with the temple arms and bridge portion adapted to be supported on a user's ears and nose, respectively; a pivot connection between each of the forward end portions of the temple arms and the front support for pivoting of the temple arms relative thereto; a light source mounted to each temple arm to project forwardly from the forward end portion thereof; a plurality of disc-shaped batteries for providing power to the light sources; and a narrow battery compartment of each temple arm laterally between the respective substantially flat inner and outer surface portions thereof, the narrow battery compartment having a thin lateral width between the substantially flat temple arm inner and outer surface portions sized so that a pair of the disc batteries are received in a non-overlapping arrangement in each compartment with main surfaces of the batteries facing the substantially flat inner and outer surface portions of the respective temple arms.