Combined visor and sunglasses assembly

Claim 2

A combination sun visor and sunglasses assembly designed to be worn on the head of a person, said assembly comprising: a. a mounting means structured for removable attachment in surrounding relation to a head of a wearer, b. a bracket structure secured to a front portion of the mounting means and disposed above the eyes of the wearer, c. a lens structure having an elongated configuration terminating at two opposite ends and formed of a darkened, transparent material and pivotally mounted on a leading portion of the bracket structure and selectively positionable between a viewing position and a shading position, d. said viewing position defined by substantially depending, transverse relation of said lens structure to said mounting means and an overlying disposition to the eyes of the wearer, whereby the wearer views through said lens structure, e. said shading position defined by an outwardly disposed substantially aligned and continuing extension of said lens structure with said mounting means, said shading position of said lens structure being disposed above and in shading relation to the eyes of the wearer, f. positioning means mounted in part on both said bracket structure and said lens structure and configured to removably maintain the lens structure in either said viewing position or said shading position, and g. said positioning means being disposed in part on each of said two opposite ends of said lens structure and in mating engagement with a remainder of said positioning means mounted on a correspondingly positioned opposite side of said bracket structure and in registry therewith.

Claim 3

An assembly as in claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises a headband of adjustable length and disposable in surrounding relation to the head of the wearer.

Claim 4

An assembly as in claim 2 further comprising a sweatband structure including an elongated strip of moisture absorbent material removably secured to an inner surface of said headband.

Claim 5

An assembly as in claim 3 wherein said strip is of sufficient longitudinal dimension to extend along a frontal, inner surface of said headband in confronting engagement with the forehead surface area of the wearer.

Claim 6

An assembly as in claim 1 wherein said positioning means comprises a protruding member extending outwardly from each opposite end of said lens structure and a socket formed in each of said opposite sides of said bracket structure in removably, receiving relation to a corresponding protruding member.

Claim 7

An assembly as in claim 5 wherein said protruding member and said receiving socket are correspondingly configured to removably maintain said lens structure in either said viewing position or said shading position relative to said bracket and the eyes of the wearer.

Claim 8

An assembly as in claim 6 wherein each of said protruding members comprises two transversely intersecting arms and an outwardly projecting finger disposed perpendicular to the junction of said arm and extending outwardly from a common plane in which said arms are disposed.

Claim 9

An assembly as in claim 7 wherein said socket comprises two transversely disposed channels and a centrally disposed aperture, said aperture disposed at the junction of said channels; said channel and said aperture disposed and dimensioned to removably receive said arms and said finger respectively therein.

Claim 10

An assembly as in claim 8 wherein each of said ends of said lens structure is secured in transverse relation to a remaining portion of said lens structure and includes an inner surface disposed in overlapping, confronting engagement with an outer surface of respectively positioned ones of said opposite sides of said bracket structure.

Claim 11

An assembly as in claim 9 wherein said lens structure comprises an at least minimally greater longitudinal dimension than said front portion of said bracket structure, said opposite ends disposed in overlapping, biased, movable engagement with outer surfaces of opposite sides of said visor structure.

Claim 12

An assembly as in claim 1 wherein each of said opposite ends of said lens structure is secured in transverse relation to a remaining portion of said lens structure and includes an inner surface disposed in confronting engagement with an outer surface of respective ones of said opposite sides of said bracket structure.

Claim 13

An assembly as in claim 11 wherein said lens structure comprises an at least minimally greater longitudinal dimension than said front portion of said bracket structure, said opposite ends disposed in overlapping, biased, movable engagement with outer surfaces of said opposite sides of said bracket structure.

Claim 14

An assembly as in claim 6 wherein said protruding member comprises an outwardly extending nipple and an outwardly projecting finger each spaced from one another and extending outwardly from an inner surface of each opposite end of said lens structure, said lens structure pivotal about said finger relative to said bracket structure.

Claim 15

An assembly as in claim 13 wherein said socket comprises a finger receiving aperture and two nipple receiving apertures each formed in spaced relation to one another in a side of said bracket, said finger receiving aperture disposed in continuously and rotatably receiving relation to said finger and each of said nipple receiving apertures disposed to independently receive said nipple therein.

Claim 16

A combination sun visor and sunglasses assembly designed to be worn on the head of a person, said assembly comprising: a. a mounting means structured for removable attachment in surrounding relation to a head of a wearer, b. a bracket structure secured to a front portion of the mounting means and disposed above the eyes of the wearer, c. a lens structure having an elongated configuration terminating at two opposite ends and formed of a darkened, transparent material and pivotally mounted on a leading portion of the bracket structure and selectively positionable between a viewing position and a shading position, d. said viewing position defined by substantially depending, transverse relation of said lens structure to said mounting means and an overlying disposition to the eyes of the wearer, whereby the wearer views through said lens structure, e. said shading position defined by an outwardly disposed substantially aligned and continuing extension of said lens structure with said mounting means, said shading position of said lens structure being disposed above and in shading relation to the eyes of the wearer, f. positioning means mounted in part on both said bracket structure and said lens structure and configured to removably maintain the lens structure in either said viewing position or said shading position, g. said positioning means being disposed in part on each of said two opposite ends of said lens structure and in mating engagement with a remainder of said positioning means mounted on a correspondingly positioned opposite side of said bracket structure and in registry therewith, and h. a side visor mounted on each of said opposite ends of said lens structure and formed of a transparent, darkened material in transverse relation to a major portion of the length thereof in substantially covering relation to an outer end of a correspondingly positioned eye of the wearer when said lens structure is in said viewing position.

Claim 17

A combination sun visor and sunglasses assembly designed to be worn on the head of a person, said assembly comprising: a. a mounting means structured for removable attachment in surrounding relation to a head of a wearer, b. a bracket structure secured to a front portion of the mounting means and disposed above the eyes of the wearer, c. a lens structure having an elongated configuration terminating at two opposite ends and formed of a darkened, transparent material and pivotally mounted on a leading portion of the bracket structure and selectively positionable between a viewing position and a shading position, d. said viewing position defined by substantially depending, transverse relation of said lens structure to said mounting means and an overlying disposition to the eyes of the wearer, whereby the wearer views through said lens structure, e. said shading position defined by an outwardly disposed substantially aligned and continuing extension of said lens structure with said mounting means, said shading position of said lens structure being disposed above and in shading relation to the eyes of the wearer, f. positioning means mounted in part on both said bracket structure and said lens structure and configured to removably maintain the lens structure in either said viewing position or said shading position, g. said positioning means being disposed in part on each of said two opposite ends of said lens structure and in mating engagement with a remainder of said positioning means mounted on a correspondingly positioned opposite side of said bracket structure and in registry therewith, and h. a side visor mounted on each of said opposite ends of said lens structure and formed of a transparent, darkened material in transverse relation to a major portion of the length thereof in substantially covering relation to an outer end of a correspondingly positioned eye of the wearer when said lens structure is in said viewing position.