Therapeutic appliance

Claim 1

IN A THERAPEUTIC APPLIANCE FOR APPLYING HEAT TO THE EYES, AN OPHTHALMIC SPECTACLE-LIKE FRAME COMPRISING A UNITARY FRONT FRAME PART INCLUDING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED EYE-ENCIRCLING RINGS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WEARER AND CONNECTED BY A NOSE BRIDGE, TEMPLE MEMBERS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRONT FRAME PART AND TERMINATING IN A PORTION HAVING A CURVATURE TO FIT ABOUT THE EARS OF THE WEARER, SAID TEMPLE MEMBERS BEING ADJUSTABLE IN LENGTH, A PAIR OF ANNULAR BODIES OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING GENERALLY AN OVAL SHAPED CROSS SECTION, AN ELECTRIC HEATER EMBEDDED IN EACH OF SAID ANNULAR BODIES COMPRISING A COILED RESISTANCE WIRE DISPOSED IN A PATH CONFORMING TO THE ASSOCIATED ANNULAR BODY, AND A FABRIC COVERING DISPOSED ABOUT EACH OF SAID ANNULAR BODIES, SAID ANNULAR BODIES AND FABRIC COVERING BEING MOUNTED UPON SAID RINGS TO REST AGAINST THE EYES OF THE WEARER WITH THE CENTER OPENING OF THE ANNULAR BODIES CONTAINPROVIDING A SIGHT OPENING, SAID ANNULAR BODIES CONTAINING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ANNULAR BODIES AND FABRIC COVERING UPON SAID RINGS COMPRISING A STIFF WIRE MEMBER EMBEDDED WITHIN SAID INSULATION MATERIAL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY PROJECTING PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID INSULATION MATERIAL AND FABRIC COVERING, SAID PORTIONS BEING AFFIXED TO SAID RINGS, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID HEATER WITH ELECTRIC CURRENT.