US2545097A - Eyeshield - Google Patents

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Marh 13, 1951 R, AS 2,545,097

EYESHIELD Filed Dec. 19', 1947 George R. Lucas Fig 2 INVENTOR.

BY adynvyvm Patented Mar. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,545,097 EYESHIELD George R. Lucas, Detroit, Mich., assignor of fifty per cent to Raymond H. McLeod, Detroit, Mich.

Application December 19, 1947, Serial No. 792,745

2 Claims. (01. 2-12) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in eyeshields and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a printed program for athletic events and including an eyeshield carried by said program and separable therefrom.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a combination program and eyeshield so designed as to facilitate the eyeshield to be quickly and readily separated from the program in a convenient manner to be applied in a comfortable manner upon the'forehead of a wearer.

Afurther object of the present invention is to provide a combination program and eyeshield that is extremely neat and attractive in appearance and which will shield a users eyes and provide the user with a program indicating-the interesting features of a sport event.

'A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a combination program and eyeshield that is small and compact in construction, reliabl and practical in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well" adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present eyeshield applied to a users head;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank forming the present invention; and,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the eyeshield portion of the present invention.

Referring now .to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral I represents a substantially rectangular sheet of material such as paper, cardboard or the like having suitable indicia printed on either or both faces to provide a program for a suitable athletic event. Adjacent one transverse edge l2 of the sheet of material 10, there is provided a transverse, perforated tear line l4 to provide a substantially rectangular portion 16 that forms the eyeshield of the present in- 2 28 that slidably engage an endless, resilient head band 30. I

In practical use of the device, the portion I6 is torn from" the sheet of material l0 along the tear line [4 and the lines 20 are also torn to provide a plurality of tabs 32 that are turned outwardly to comfortably bear against a users forehead as shown best in Figure 1 of the drawmgs.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An eyeshield comprising a substantially rectangular blank of flexible material'having inner and outer longitudinal edges, a pair fqf substantially U-shaped clips having their ends fixed to said material adjacent the inner longitudinal edge of said material, the webs of said U shaped clips being spaced from the inner longitudinal edge of said material, a plurality of spaced parallel tear lines provided in the material and extending from and perpendicular to the inner longitudinal edge of said material and constituting forehead contacting tabs, and an endless elastic band trained about said clips and having spaced portions disposed between the webs of said clips and the inner longitudinal edge of said material.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said tear lines include inner end portions, the inner end portions of said tear lines lying in an arcuate GEORGE R. LUCAS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS vention which is indicated generally by the Number Name Date numeral l8. 1,030,173 Haggerty June 18, 1912 A plurality of transversely spaced longitudinal 1,599,576 Mahoney Sept. 14, 1926 tear lines 20 are provided in the transverse edge 2,009,855 Osmer Jul 30, 1935 [2 of the portiont l6 and the inner ends 22 of the 2,033,691 Douglass Mar. 10, 1936 lines 20 termina e in an arcuate plane which is indicated by the section line 24. FOREIGN PATENTS Fixed to the portion 16, adjacent the transverse Number Country Date edge I2, is a pair of spaced U-shaped clips 26 and 96,4:54v Sweden Aug. 8, 1939

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