Alan W Reichow, 72Sunset, SC

6631987, Oct 14, 2003

Jan 23, 2001

09/768940

Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR
Robert L. Yolton - Forest Grove OR

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

G02C 710

351163, 351177, 351 44

Eyewear include lenses having spectral transmittances selected for viewing an object with respect to a background The spectral transmittances are selected to provide a natural feel to scenes viewed with the eyewear. In one example, a lens for viewing a white golf ball includes an object-contrast spectral window that transmits radiation at wavelengths of about 440 nm, a background window that transmits wavelengths at about 550 nm, and a spectral-width window that transmits wavelengths between about 620 nm and 700 nm. Similar eyewear can be configured for other activities. Methods for selecting filters and lenses for such eyewear are also provided.

6755525, Jun 29, 2004

Dec 2, 2002

10/307888

Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

G02C 1300

351178, 351 41

Noncorrective protective eyewear with lateral wrap and pantoscopic tilt introduce prismatic distortion and astigmatism into lenses that interfere with good optical performance. The lenses of this invention have an optical axis that is deviated away from the line of sight, in a direction generally opposite the inward tilt of the lateral wrap and/or the incline of pantoscopic tilt, to offset the tilt induced prism. Low power may be introduced into the lenses to decrease their taper, further offset the tilt induced prism and astigmatism (particularly in peripheral fields of view), lessen weight, provide better physical stability, and allow more uniform light transmission than plano lenses. The lenses may be cut from lens blanks in which the A line of the lens is at a non-zero angle to an equator of the lens, and the optical center of the lens may be horizontally and vertically displaced from the geometric center of the lens, and even off the lens altogether. This invention provides greater versatility in cutting a lens from a lens blank in a position that avoids peripheral irregularities in the molded lens blank, while significantly decreasing tilt induced prism, yoked and vergence demands, and astigmatic blur along the line of sight and peripherally.

6893127, May 17, 2005

Jun 7, 2001

09/878128

Alan W. Reichow - Forest Grove OR, US
Karl Citek - Forest Grove OR, US
Robert L. Yolton - Forest Grove OR, US

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

G02C007/10

351163, 351 44, 351177

Eyewear include lenses having spectral transmittances selected for viewing an object with respect to a background. The spectral transmittances are selected to provide a natural feel to scenes viewed with the eyewear. In one example, a lens for viewing a white golf ball includes an object-contrast spectral window that transmits radiation at wavelengths of about 440 nm, a background window that transmits wavelengths at about 550 nm, and a spectral-width window that transmits wavelengths between about 620 nm and 700 nm. Similar eyewear can be configured for other activities. Methods for selecting filters and lenses for such eyewear are also provided.

7073208, Jul 11, 2006

Dec 20, 2002

10/328303

Wayne P. Phillips - Hudson WI, US
Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR, US
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR, US

Jackson Products, Inc. - St. Charles MO

A61F 9/02

2431

The invention is for safety goggles to protect eyes of a user of the safety goggles. The safety goggles include a lens and a frame with a bridge. A goggle chamber is formed between the lens and the face of the user. The safety goggles have a lower ventilation assembly that admits air one either side of the bridge. The safety goggles also includes an upper ventilation assembly at an upper portion of the frame. Air enters the goggle chamber through the lower ventilation assembly, heats near a nose of the user and exits the goggle chamber through the upper ventilation assembly. Each of the lower and upper ventilation assemblies cover a corresponding lower and upper air path in such a manner that allows air to pass through the corresponding air path while preventing solid projectiles and splashed liquid from having a direct line of trajectory to the eyes of the user.

7370374, May 13, 2008

Feb 2, 2006

11/347064

Wayne P. Phillips - Hudson WI, US
Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR, US
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR, US

Jackson Products, Inc. - Fenton MO

A61F 9/02

2431

The invention is for safety goggles to protect eyes of a user of the safety goggles. The safety goggles include a lens and a frame with a bridge. A goggle chamber is formed between the lens and the face of the user. The safety goggles have a lower ventilation assembly that admits air one either side of the bridge. The safety goggles also includes an upper ventilation assembly at an upper portion of the frame. Air enters the goggle chamber through the lower ventilation assembly, heats near a nose of the user and exits the goggle chamber through the upper ventilation assembly. Each of the lower and upper ventilation assemblies cover a corresponding lower and upper air path in such a manner that allows air to pass through the corresponding air path while preventing solid projectiles and splashed liquid from having a direct line of trajectory to the eyes of the user.

7389543, Jun 24, 2008

Jun 30, 2004

10/883399

Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR, US
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR, US

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

A41D 13/00

2 9, 351 41, 351159

A face protector includes a one piece shield in which an optical center is displaced away from the normal straight ahead line of sight toward an activity specific line of sight to minimize image shift that occurs when a direction of gaze passes across the edge of the shield. An apex of the shield is formed at a forwardmost point of the shield, or a virtual extension of the shield, when the shield is in an as worn position on a wearer. In particular examples, an optical axis extends through the optical center, at a non-zero angle to the normal straight ahead line of sight and substantially parallel to the activity specific line of sight, with the optical center being placed away from the apex. In particular examples, the optical axis is closer to (or coincident with) an activity specific line of sight of one of the right or left eye. The face protector is particularly useful in activities such as sports, for example hockey, football, or baseball which involve activity specific lines of sight.

7403346, Jul 22, 2008

Jul 18, 2006

11/489380

Alan W. Reichow - Beaverton OR, US
Karl Citek - Hillsboro OR, US

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

G02B 7/02
G02B 3/00
A61F 9/04
A63B 71/08

359815, 359642, 359811, 351159, 2 15, 2425, 2426

An optical lens has an inner lens surface and an outer lens surface separated by a lens thickness adjacent to an edge portion of the lens. The edge portion has at least a partially exposed edge surface extending substantially linearly from the inner lens surface toward the outer lens surface coextensively with at least a major portion of the lens thickness at a location adjacent to the edge portion, and at a predetermined inclination with respect to a portion of the lens surface at such location.

7475435, Jan 13, 2009

Feb 23, 2004

10/785203

Dylan S. Van Atta - Portland OR, US
Alan W. Reichow - Forest Grove OR, US
Karl M. Citek - Forest Grove OR, US
Robert M. Bruce - Portland OR, US

Nike, Inc. - Beaverton OR

A61F 9/02

2440, 2431, 351 43

The present invention concerns embodiments of swim goggles. In one embodiment, the goggles include a pair of eyepieces that are not interconnected by a nose piece or a head strap. Each eyepiece includes a transparent lens portion that covers an eye and a peripheral frame portion surrounding a respective lens portion. The frame portion of each eyepiece has a posterior surface that carries an adhesive layer (e. g. , a layer of adhesive tape) for adhesively securing the eyepiece to the skin adjacent the eyes. In another embodiment, the eyepieces can be interconnected by a nose piece and a head strap. The lens portion of each eyepiece includes a flat, anterior lens and a flat, side lens that is connected to a temporal edge of the anterior lens and is inclined away from the anterior lens to reduce hydrodynamic drag and optical distortion.