ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,163, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to RADIANS INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Metal detectable protective eyewear" was invented by Cynthia Bullion-Lawarre (Byhalia, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protective eyewear includes a lens body, a metal marker, and a marker holder. The lens body has a first lens, a second lens, and a nosepiece interconnecting the first lens and the second lens. The marker holder is coupled to the lens body and formed to include a metal receiver to receive the metal marker therein so that the metal marker is detectable upon placement of the protective eyewear near a metal detector."
The patent was filed on Fe...