Abstract: A side member of a spectacles frame comprises an elongate rod and a wider ear part extending rearwardly from the rod. The ear part comprises at least two spars extending substantially parallel in spaced apart relationship to form an opening therebetween. Rear ends of the spars are interconnected. The ear part can be deformed when heated, while providing the wearer with the comfort associated with a wide part.

Abstract: An eyeglass temple has an arm whose forward end is connected to one of a pair of eyeglasses or to one end of a rim holding a pair of eyeglasses and an earpiece continuing from the rear end of the arm is made up of a plastic temple proper and a core buried in the plastic temple proper so as to extend in the direction of its length. A portion of the metal core buried in the arm has extra-high elasticity, whereas a portion in the earpiece has plasticity.

Abstract: In eyewear employing temples, a substantially cylindrical elastomeric traction member is disposed in a recessed seat which extends along a length of each temple to provide a contact area between the temple and the head. The traction member and seat may be sized so that the traction member is substantially flush with the adjacent temple or alternatively, the traction member may extend beyond the periphery of the temple. In either configuration, the traction device extends substantially parallel to the length of the temple.

Abstract: An eyeglass member, typically a nose pad or a temple end piece, which maintains its aesthetic appearance and close fit over long periods of service. The member has a cured coating of a fluorine-containing silicone on its surface or is made of a fluorine-containing silicone.

Abstract: A temple end piece for a temple of a spectacle frame has a unit stable in a form composed of an essentially horizontal first segment and a second segment curving downward to the rear in the shape of an arc. Connected to this unit is a third segment formed by a soft, flexible band, the upper end of which is attached to the first segment and the lower end of which is permanently connected to the lower end of the second segment. This band extends in the uncharged state of the temple end piece curved essentially in the shape of an arc, in fact, in a manner similar to the second segment. In its longitudinal direction the band is neither stretchable nor compressible. By virtue of its high flexiblity the band fit the shape of the auricle and/or head of the spectacle wearer when the spectacles are worn in place, so that a large contact area with lower pressures will adjust itself, and any and all pressure points are prevented in this contact area.

Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses having a pair of lenses, a frame for the lenses, nose pieces disposed between the lenses and adapted to engage the bridge of the nose of a wearer, and a pair of temple pieces extending rearwardly over the ears of the wearer, said temple pieces consisting of either a single continuous piece with the rearward end terminating in a thin tapering hook member fitted with a movable semi-soft weighted sleeve, or with temple pieces consisting of two segments, a forward section connected by the usual hinged means to the frame holding the lenses, and a rearward section terminating in a solid hooked member made of heavy material and with a soft cushion attached underneath, said members being connected by means of a sleeve permitting of horizontal adjustment, and located at an arbitrary point between the plane of the lenses and the ears of the wearer, and the designs of the temple pieces described above resulting in lessening weight and trauma at the nose of the warer of the glasses, the elimination o

Abstract: A disposable temple cover for use within environments in which the wearer of eyeglasses subjects them to potentially damaging substances includes a thin walled tube of plastic material having an end bearing a soft resilient ring. The resilient ring is attached to the tube by either a folding or rolling method.

Abstract: An improved nasal cannula assembly having a reduced tendency to cause irritation behind a patient's ears. The improved assembly is of the type having a pair of oxygen supply tubes connected to a cannula affixable into the patient's nostrils. The cannula is held in place by the tubes which are looped over the patient's ears. The portion looped over the ears is covered with a soft pad affixed about the exterior of the supply tubes.

Abstract: A pair of clip-on cuffs for attachment onto the ear-engaging portion of the temples of a pair of eyeglasses. The cuffs are preferably made of translucent acrylic material and are C-shaped in cross-section to fit over and firmly grip the ear-engaging portion of each temple. The cuffs cover about an inch of the temple's length and have a thickness of about 1/32nd of an inch. The outer surface of each cuff includes a series of smoothly raised areas such as parallel ridges, cross-hatched ridges or hemispherical protuberances to increase the traction between the eyeglasses and the skin of the wearer.

Abstract: The end of a spectacle frame sidepiece has a metallic tang with a flat profile in the hard bending direction. A thin hard synthetic plastic sleeve surrounds the flat profile. The sleeve has a small, integrally-extending, apertured plate. A sheath of injection-moulded silicone rubber (Shore-D hardness 10-30 according to DIN 53505), surrounds the sleeve, the plate and the tang and extends as far as the end face of the sheath. Through-passing holes are provided at intervals on opposite, wider, side walls of the sleeve, and the sheath material engages in these holes.

Abstract: A spectacle frame earpiece has a flexible portion in the form of a rod, for adaption to the wearer's head, and a skin-soft sleeve composed of elastic material enclosing the flexible portion and extending to the end of the earpiece. A core in the form of a small plate is cast within the sleeve. The core is composed of substantially harder material than the sleeve. The core has a blind hole with a flattened cross-section for receiving and force-locking with a flattened cross-section at the end of the flexible portion of the rod.

Abstract: A metal hinge for children's eyeglasses has a first hinge half connected to the temporal region of the lens bow and a second hinge half connected to the temple of the frame. To reduce the harmful effects when children's glasses are knocked about, one of the hinge halves is covered with a homogeneous silicone body which has a Shore D-hardness of between 10 to 30, measured by DIN 53505. The silicone body at least partially extends over the other hinge half.

Abstract: The inner surface of the temples of eyeglasses or the bridge connecting the lens bows, at least in areas that come in contact with the wearer's skin, has a thin, glassy base coat. Over the base coat is a thin, air-hardened, sprayed silicone elastomer coating.

Abstract: The invention proposes a novel method for providing a covering pad member of silicone rubber to a frame of spectacles on the portions coming into contact with the human body of the wearer of the spectacles, such as the side pieces and the nose pads. According to the inventive method, a shaped member of the silicone rubber having dimensions somewhat smaller than the portion to be covered therewith is first swelled with an orgnosilicon compound having volatility, inserted to the portion, e.g. sidepiece, and then dried by evaporation of the organosilicon compound as the swelling agent whereby the member shrinks to fit the portion of the frame tightly. Organosilicon compounds, e.g. hexamethyldisiloxane, are recommended owing to the physiological inertness to human body as well as owing to the absence of aggressiveness to the plastic part used in the frames of spectacles causing no damage to the beautiful appearance of the frame even in an inadvertent contact.

Abstract: A temple unit has a rod of metal damask with a spiral-shaped structure butt-soldered to a rigid metal profile. The rod is inserted axially into a clear plastic shell having a softness of shore-D-hardness less than 20 according to DIN No. 53 505, the West German national standard. The plastic shell is silicone rubber or polyurethane foam with very low resilience so that the unit exhibits a straight rod form in the semifinished state.

Abstract: A method of coating, locating and maintaining ophthalmic supports of eyewear properly positioned with respect to the eyes and on the bridge of the nose of the wearer. The method comprises the steps of coating selected ones at least of the skin-contacting surfaces of ophthalmic supports of eyewear with a non-toxic pressure-sensitive adhesive, properly positioning the ophthalmic support on the wearer with respect to the eyes and the bridge of the wearer's nose and forming a direct bond between the pressure-sensitive adhesive coated skin-contacting surfaces of the ophthalmic supports and the wearer's skin contacted thereby.

Abstract: Safety spectacles have an inner frame of hard elastic plastic material extending from one end piece, across the bridge to the other end piece. The base plates for the side piece hinges are embedded in the inner frame. A continuous wire is embedded in the inner frame. The inner frame is completely covered with a soft, elastic, polyurethane foam several millimeters thick which determines the shape of the spectacles.

Abstract: Protective, removable, flexible insulated sheaths are employed on heat-softened temples of eyeglasses during fitting of the glasses to the head of the wearer to prevent injury or discomfort to the wearer. The temples are allowed to cool and harden while held in position on the head.

Abstract: Retaining means for eyeglasses, the retaining means comprising wedge-shaped cushion members engageable with the temple pieces of the eyeglasses, the cushion members including a thinner portion to engage the top of the ears to provide greater confort to the wearer, and a thicker portion to provide a wedging action against the back of the ear to prevent forward motion of the temple pieces.