US 12,433,791 B2
Eye shield
Nathan Winters, Simpson, PA (US)
Assigned to Gentex Corporation, Simpson, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,863
Filed by Gentex Corporation, Simpson, PA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/012566
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/146374, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,647, filed on Jan. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087866 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/04 (2006.01); A61F 9/02 (2006.01); G02B 23/12 (2006.01); G02B 23/18 (2006.01); G02C 7/08 (2006.01); G02C 7/16 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/04 (2013.01) [A61F 9/029 (2013.01); G02B 23/125 (2013.01); G02B 23/18 (2013.01); G02C 7/088 (2013.01); G02C 7/16 (2013.01); G02C 11/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eye shield comprising:
a shield including an aperture, the aperture having a first central axis, a medial side, and a lateral side; and
a gasket coupled to the shield and compression fit within the aperture, the gasket having a second central axis, a rear medial end, and a front lateral end,
wherein the first central axis is at an oblique angle relative to the second central axis,
wherein the gasket includes a groove at least partially circumferentially disposed around the gasket and extending from the front lateral end of the gasket to the rear medial end of the gasket,
wherein the medial side and lateral side of the aperture are disposed within the groove such that the front lateral end is closer to the lateral side of the aperture than to the medial side of the aperture and the rear medial end is closer to the medial side of the aperture than to the lateral side of the aperture.