Electro-optic responsive flashblindness controlling device

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICALLY RESPONSIVE LIGHT CONTROLLING DEVICE COMPRISING A LAMINATED MENISCUS FRONT LENS, A FIRST LAYER OF A LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL IN SAID LAMINATED FRONT LENS, AN ANNULAR GROOVE ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE FRONT LENS AND SPACED FROM THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, A QUANTITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IN SAID GROOVE, AT LEAST AND CURVED ELECTRO-OPTICALLY RESPONSIVE CRYSTAL UPON AND REARWARDLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE FRONT LENS, A FIRST TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING BETWEEN THE FRONT LENS AND THE CRYSTAL OVERLYING THE CRYSTAL FACE AND IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IN THE GROOVE, A LAMINATED MENISCUS REAR LENS REARWARDLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE CRYSTAL, A SECOND LAYER OF A LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL IN SAID LAMINATED REAR LENS, AN ANNULAR GROOVE ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE REAR LENS AND SPACED FROM THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, A QUANTITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IN SAID REAR LENS GROOVE, A SECOND TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING BETWEEN THE CRYSTAL AND REAR LENS OVERLYLING THE CRYSTAL FACE AND IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IN THE REAR LENS GROOVE, ADHESIVE MEANS TO SECURE THE FRONT LENS, REAR LENS, POLARIZING MATERIAL AND CONDUCTIVE COATING TOGETHER AND MEANS INCLUDING THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IN EACH OF THE GROOVES TO APPLY ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL TO EACH OF THE CONDUCTIVE COATINGS WHEREBY LIGHT ENTERING THE DEVICE IS MODULATED IN ITS PASSAGE THERETHROUGH.