ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,173, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DeRoyal Industries Inc. (Powell, Tenn.).
"Eye shields with selectively releasable snap-fit assembly" was invented by Walter C. Cowart (Blaine, Tenn.) and Ethan Edward Valentine (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye shield includes a frame having a plurality of receivers located along the frame and a plurality of latches located to cooperate with the receivers, and a lens having a plurality of spaced apart lens apertures extending through the lens and located so as to align with the receivers of the frame when the lens is positioned for installation onto the frame. The latches ...