Eyewear with laminated functional layers

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include eyewear that has one or more laminates applied to a lens body. In some embodiments, the lens body is constructed from a substantially rigid material having a curved shape. The lens body can have any desired curvature, including, for example, cylindrical, spherical or toroidal. A laminate can include a substantially flexible substrate and one or more functional layers or coatings applied to the substrate. In addition, one or more functional layers or coatings can be applied directly to the lens body. In certain embodiments, a bonding layer bonds a laminate to a convex and/or concave surface of the lens body. Examples of functional layers or coatings that can be applied to a laminate include anti-reflection coatings, interference stacks, hard coatings, flash mirrors, anti-static coatings, anti-fog coatings, other functional layers, or a combination of functional layers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lens comprising:
 a lens body comprising a substantially rigid material, the lens body having a convex surface and a concave surface;   a laminate comprising a flexible thin polymeric material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;   a multi-layer interference coating comprising two or more thin film layers of high refractive index material and two or more thin film layers of low refractive index material disposed on the first surface of the laminate; and   a hydrophobic coating disposed on the concave surface of the lens body,   wherein the second surface of the laminate is bonded to the convex surface of the lens body.