DRIVEWEARTM
A NEW LENS CATEGORY ACTIVATED BY TRANSITIONS™
(TORRANCE, CA — September 2006) Younger Optics is unveiling its most anticipated and innovative new product since NuPolar® polarized lenses – a new lens that Younger has aptly named Drivewear™. Designed specifically to meet the unique visual demands of the driving task, Drivewear lenses offer the consumer far more than just polarized photochromic eyewear.

“As with all of our products, I wanted to create a product that would meet a specific visual need that isn’t being met in today’s market. Drivewear’s combination of technologies is so advanced and novel that multiple patents have been filed on this invention and a whole new lens category is introduced. Although driving has become an integral part of our daily lives, driving is one of the most challenging

and difficult activities a person can engage in. The truth is, we need all the visual help we can get.” according to David Rips, President and CEO of Younger Optics.

Drivewear™ lenses uniquely combine two of the most advanced technologies found in the eyeglass industry today: Transitions™ Photochromic Technology and NuPolar® polarization.

DRIVEWEAR is the first polarized photochromic lens to DARKEN BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD of a car. Activated by Transitions™, advanced dyes respond to visible light in addition to UV light. This allows Drivewear lenses to change color based on current driving conditions in order to enhance the driver’s vision.

Drivewear lenses also utilize NuPolar®, the world’s leading polarized Rx technology, to provide protection from blinding glare. “Only polarized lenses provide protection from blinding glare, and that is absolutely essential while driving a car,” said Mr. Rips.

In low light, the lenses take on a green/ yellow color which provides high contrast and is designed to minimize glare and maximize useful light information reaching the eye. In daylight (behind the windshield of a car) they change to a copper color which reduces glare and excess visual light and provides good traffic signal recognition, highlighting reds and greens.

Finally, in outdoor conditions, they become a dark reddish-brown color, providing maximum comfort in high light conditions by filtering excess light so that the eye does not become saturated. And because they are Activated by Transitions™, you will have the security of knowing your lenses block 100 percent of UVA and UVB rays. In virtually every daylight driving situation, Drivewear lenses provide optimal visual comfort and safety.

“Since Drivewear™ lenses are Activated by Transitions™, wearers can be assured that their lenses are enhanced with superior and patented Transitions™ Photochromic Technology to automatically optimize visual performance in variable light conditions and to help protect eye health and well-being for the future,” said Dave Cole, general manager of the Americas, Transitions Optical, Inc. “Transitions is happy to partner with Younger Optics to develop new special purpose products like Drivewear that fall outside our core line of Transitions® Lenses, which meet the everyday needs of patients.”

Worldwide, there are nearly 1 billion drivers and the number is growing every year. Nearly everyone of driving age that walks into an optical shop is an ideal candidate and can benefit from the improved vision delivered by Drivewear lenses.

For more information and technical details, visit www.drivewearlens.com.