Abstract: Earpiece-less glasses including an interchangeable left eye frame, an interchangeable right eye frame and a nose piece connecting the left eye frame to the right eye frame. The left eye frame and the right eye frame each provide eye lens pockets configured to hold and snuggly fit a respective first eye lens in the respective pockets. The left eye frame and the right eye frame each provide an opening to the pockets so that the first lenses can be replaced with second lenses. A magnification strength of the first lenses may be different from the magnification strength of the second lenses.

Abstract: A face shield assembly includes, among other things, a shield configured to be placed adjacent a front of a head of a user, a tube configured to be placed against a rear of the head of the user, and fasteners. Each of the fasteners binds the tube to at least the shield.

Abstract: Safety glasses having integrated correction lenses, wherein connecting means in the style of retaining frames are arranged in or on the safety glasses in order to accommodate the correction lenses, comprising adapter rings as compensating bodies between the curvature of the outer contour of the safety glasses and the curvature of the inserted correction lenses, wherein the correction lenses of different power are matched to the adapter rings in a uniformly accurately fitting manner at the periphery of the correction lenses in the curvature and shape of the correction lenses and different powers of correction lenses can be inserted into the adapter rings in the space between the safety glasses and the inner curvature of the adapter rings, wherein the adapter rings are thicker in the nasal region and taper temporally, approximately in a wedge shape.

Abstract: An eye-lens device includes a frame, at least a lens unit, two first magnets, and two fasteners. The frame includes at least a lens-holding portion and two magnet-seats. The lens unit is held by the lens-holding portion. The first magnets are disposed at the magnet-seats respectively. Each of the fasteners is disposed pivotally to the frame and includes a second magnet. The lens unit is fastened by the attraction of the first and second magnets when the fasteners rotate relative to the frame.

Abstract: An eyewear having a quick lens release structure includes a frame, a latching member, an elastic member, and a lens. The frame has a groove including a plurality of slots and a notch. The latching member is disposed in the groove and includes a lever disposed in the notch and a plurality of hooking portions disposed in the slots with portions protruding from slots. The lens is engaged to the frame and has a plurality of hooking portions. One end of the elastic member presses against the latching member, and the other end presses against the groove such that the hooking portions of the latching member and the lens can be coupled and decoupled.

Abstract: A rim locker for spectacle frame comprises a first portion and a second portion which are connected to two edges of lens rim in cut-off position respectively. The second portion has a screw hole for inserting a screw and the first portion is having thread to let the screw in for fastening the lens rim. The screw further has a stopping cap and the first portion further has a cylinder housing for hiding and moving the stopping cap, so that when the rim-locker is opening, the stopping cap will moving along the track of the housing, and stop at the end to prevent the screw slip off from the rim-locker and protect the screw threads not strip off easily.

Abstract: Rimless eyeglasses are provided that allow a lens to be fixed to a connector only by fitting the lens into the connector, and that also enable strong engagement between the lens and the connector. Rimless eyeglasses include a rimless lens, a bridge, and a connector that is provided at the tip of a temple. The rimless lens has an inwardly extending notch near upper left and right ends thereof. The bridge and the connector have a groove having a C-shaped longitudinal cross section and extending between top and bottom surfaces thereof. The notches of the rimless lens engage with the grooves of the bridge and the connector.

Abstract: Eyeglass lens connector with single-operation interchangeable lenses. The configuration enables cutting lenses with the connector body alone mounted to the lens substrate, allowing eyeglasses to be assembled by utilizing the connector after the lens is cut on demand from a customer. The eyeglasses have a lens connector (1) connecting a lens (5) to an insertion piece of a lens connecting member (2), and an insertion hole (10) for the insertion piece (3). A guide groove for guiding a tip of the engagement piece (3) is provided along the opening end (13) of the insertion hole (10). The lens connector (1) is secured to the lens (5) by fastening two protruding fastening pins (32) into fastening holes (29) provided in the lens (5). The lens (5) is connectable to the lens connecting member (2) by squeezing the insertion piece (3) into the insertion hole (10).

Abstract: A plug device for coupling a frame of a pair of glasses to one of a temple or a head strap buckle includes a socket member having a receptacle. The receptacle includes an outer lateral wall having an opening in communication with the receptacle. A button is moveably received in the opening. A resilient member is received in the receptacle and biases the button into the opening. A plug member includes a resilient hook releasably engaged in the receptacle. A distal end of the resilient hook is releasably received in the opening and abuts a peripheral wall of the opening. An outer end of the resilient hook abuts the inner end of the button. The button is pressable in the direction to disengage the distal end of the resilient hook from the opening, allowing the resilient hook to be removed from the receptacle of the socket member.

Abstract: An eyeglass assembly 10 is disclosed as including a frame 2 with two brackets 21 each with a recess for receiving part of a respective piece of optical lens 1, and a screw 22 releasably engaged with the bracket 21, each bracket 21 including two protrusions 211, 212 which, when the piece of optical lens 1 is received by the bracket 21, abut a first major surface 4 of the piece of optical lens 1, and when the piece of lens 1 is received by the bracket 21, the screw 22 is adapted to abut an opposite second major surface 6 of the piece of optical lens 1 to thereby releasably engage the piece of optical lens 1 with the bracket 21.

Abstract: An eyeglasses structure includes an eyeglasses main body, and an eyeglasses accessory; the eyeglasses main body has several detainment holes on a rim thereof; the eyeglasses accessory has several embedded posts corresponding to the detainment holes of the rim of the eyeglasses main body to be embedded in the detainment holes respectively; each of the embedded posts having at least one gaps on one end thereof that is inserted in a corresponding said detainment hole; owing to the gaps, the embedded ends of the embedded posts are contractible and resilient, and they will tend to spring back to their original position to be tight in the detainment holes without possibility of falling off after they are inserted in the detainment holes.

Abstract: A protective glasses assembly has an integrally formed designed lens, a frame made of a soft material and fitted in with the designed lens and a band. A plurality of spaced apart male portions extend rearward from edges of the designed lens for being inserted into sockets of corresponding covering elements extending forward from edges of the frame, and a number of air-passing grooves are located on upper and lower edges of the frame. The designed lens has engaging blocks respectively formed on left and right sides for engaging with boundary holes of connector members connected with both ends of the band, and through holes for receiving inner inserting sections of the connector members. Thereby the designed lens and the frame can be assembled promptly and kept in a stable position.

Abstract: A pair of industrial safety glasses comprises: a glasses frame comprising: a connection means connected to each of both ends thereof; a first coupling part on at least one of the connection means; and a second coupling part corresponding to the first coupling part for coupling thereto; and a wearing means having two ends respectively connected to two ends of the connection means, and the wearing means comprising an adjustable unit so as to adjust the length of the wearing means for being suitable for different workers having different sized heads.

Abstract: A rimlock for use with an eyeglass frame is provided. The rimlock comprises a pair of flanges which protrude from the frame at a split therein. A spring is fed through a bore passing through the flanges whereby a portion of the spring internal to the rimlock at a widened portion of the bore is in tension thereby biasing the flanges into engagement allowing the frame to hold a lens in position within the frame. By pulling the flanges apart, the lens can be removed.

Abstract: A detachable eyeglass frame and aviator lens arrangement for eyeglasses is disclosed to include an eyeglass frame having two aviator lens positioning structures, each aviator lens positioning structure having a first magnet disposed at one lateral side and an aviator lens retainer at the other lateral side, and two aviator lenses respectively detachably fastened to the aviator lens positioning structures, each aviator lens having a first lateral side which inserts into the aviator lens retainer and connectable to the aviator lens retainer by friction resistance, and a second lateral side provided with a second magnet connectable to the first magnet of one aviator lens positioning structure by magnetic attraction.

Abstract: A pair of spectacles has lenses (1, 2) that are connected to one another by a bridge element (3). The sides (6) are connected to the lenses (1, 2) by holding elements (5). The holding elements (5) and the bridge element (3) are preferably produced from flexible wire. The bridge element (3) and the holding elements (5) are connected to the two lenses (1, 2) by corresponding angled portions. A holding portion and a pin portion connect with the lenses (1, 2). The pin portion is accommodated in a through-bore of the lenses (1, 2). The holding portion is accommodated in a respective slot of the lens. Variations are possible by providing a simple plug-in connection allowing a selection to be made from a modular system, which enables the purchaser to assemble his/her own individual pair of spectacles.

Abstract: A sunglasses comprising a U-shaped frame having a slot in either end, a groove at the underside having a length substantially the same as frame, a nose pad, a first recess adjacent the nose pad, and a second recess above the first recess; an integrally formed lens having a latched piece in either end and a flexible latched member having a substantially conic shape conformed to the recesses on the top central portion wherein the top edge of the lens, the latched member, and the latched pieces are clung to the groove, the second recess through the first recess, and slots respectively; and a pair of temples. The set of sunglasses is more simplified in components and thus assembly. Further, the stability is enhanced due to the additional securing of the latched member in the second recess.

Abstract: In a positive-locking connection between a metallic bridge and a moulded article which is injection-moulded from plastic, in particular for spectacles, one end of the bridge engages in the moulded article. In order to provide advantageous constructional conditions, it is proposed that the moulded article form a plug-in receiving means with the engaging end of the bridge which is provided with a wave-like snap-in profiling and can be inserted into the plug-in receiving means under a substantially elastic deformation of a wall profiling of the receiving means which is shaped according to the snap-in profiling of the bridge end.

Abstract: A magnetic mounting arrangement for removably attaching auxiliary eyeglasses to an eyeglass frame. The mounting arrangement includes a male part having a projection thereon and a female part having a recess therein. The male and female parts are permanently attached to the auxiliary eyeglasses and the eyeglass frame such that the projection engages the recess when the auxiliary eyeglasses are attached to the eyeglass frame. The male and female parts can be of a magnetic or magnetizable material. The male part can include a stepped surface which mates with a stepped surface of the female part when the projection is fitted within the recess. The auxiliary eyeglasses can be various types of lenses such as sunglasses, computer glasses, fish tying readers, or magnifying glasses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for securing decorative strips and spectacle lenses with one another or for fastening decorative strips on frames. The fastening herein occurs by means of a tongue and groove system. So that the decorative strips do not fall out of the groove or tongue, the groove or, respectively, the tongue is terminated by a lateral stop element. This stop element is connected for example by means of screw or snap connections with a spectacle frame.

Abstract: A device for interconnecting and pivoting two components of eyeglasses or protective elements for sports use. The device is constituted by a single flexible body that is detachably associable at at least one hole formed on one of the two components. The single body is provided with temporary engagement elements for the other one of the two components.

Abstract: An eyeglass construction is described and comprises a lens, a pair of lens engaging members, a pair of hinge members, and a pair of temple pieces. The hinge members are adapted to slidably engage the lens engaging members and to be connected therewith for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. The pair of temple pieces each have a portion adapted to engage a hinge member and to be connected therewith for pivotal movement about a substantially vertical axis. The lens engaging member and the hinge member have cooperating angular positioning elements so that the members may be adjusted relative to one another to enable the lens to adopt various angular position relative to the temple pieces.

Abstract: A unique unitary lens for eyewear includes right and left lens regions formed of substantially spherical portions. The lens provides improved aerodynamics, aesthetic appearance and eye protection for sport eyewear applications.

Abstract: In spectacle frames having exchangeable edge bars (10) of the type that by one end is fastened by an engagement with the bridge (2) the edge bar is retained at its far end by a fixing member (16) in the form of a pin or rivet cooperating with a hole, said fixing member being subject to a snap lock effect. The edge bar can thereby be instantly replaced without needing any tools.

Abstract: An interchangeable eyeglass lens system for sunglasses and other eyewear so that more than one pair of lenses can be used with a particular frame. Lenses particularly adapted for interchangeability and having concavities on the lens periphery for engaging fastener devices, such as studs, resilient tangs, and spring loaded detents on the frame, are included in the system, which allows for the use of a relatively expensive or rigid frame without compromising the structural integrity of the overall eyeglass set. A complete system would have a pair of removable lenses, a frame having a nosebridge which can be removable also, and fasteners mounted on or within the frame or nosebridge for releasably holding the lenses in place on the frame by interengaging the concavities on the lenses. A removable nosebridge with antirotational device, and a spring loaded detent system adapted for use in the system are disclosed, as is a method of removably attaching a lens to the frame of the invention.

Abstract: Foldable eyeglasses having a first frame holding a lens and a second frame for holding a lens. The first frame has a first leaf and a second leaf with a predetermined space therebetween. At least one of the first or second leaves has a protrusion for locking the first frame to the second frame. The second frame has a third leaf with a complimentary detent for engaging the protrusion of the first frame. The first and second frames are rotably mounted together by a hinge allowing rotation about an axis extending through the first, second, and third leaves from a folded position wherein the frames are folded together to an open position wherein the third leaf rotates into the space between the first leaf and the second leaf and the protrusion engages the detent to lock the frames together.

Abstract: A pair of glasses to which an eyeglass accessory is secured by use of at least one T-slot on the pair of glasses and a complementally-shaped T-bar on the eyeglass accessory. In a preferred embodiment the eyeglass accessory allows corrective prescription lenses to be mounted inside a pair of safety glasses.

Abstract: In an eyeglass frame each lens is gripped between a relatively rigid half-rim and a filament. The half-rim is fixed to a tenon in which is formed a cavity opening through an orifice forming a keyhole slot. The filament includes a knot retained in the cavity by the keyhole slot.

Abstract: A spectacle frame is provided with a pair of temples extending from the lens-holding front frame. The temples have swingable temple end pieces that swing relative to the rear portion of the temple. The swingable end pieces ensure that the spectacle frames do not slip down the nose, without increasing pressure on the nose or on the back of the ears.

Abstract: Adjustable size protective eyewear in the form of visitor safety spectacles have a moveable or adjustable hinge pin coupling between the temple sidebars and the lens frame. An opening in each side of the lens frame contains multiple hinge pin sockets which are aligned at an angle with respect to the lens frame such that movement of the hinge pins from socket to socket not only increases the distance between temple sidebars but also the effective length from the lens frame to the ear piece of the temple sidebar. This arrangement allows a single pair of adjustable safety spectacles to be used by a person of a given head size with the adjustability to fit over the user's prescription eyewear where the user requires the prescription eyewear in addition to the safety spectacles.

Abstract: An improved pair of swim goggles, especially designed for competitive swimming, is comprised of two substantially ovoid, convex lenses secured to a soft neoprene base. The goggles are simply and easily tightened about the head by a one pull toggle mechanism that provides an equal, balanced fit of the eye pieces against the face. The goggles provide less hydrodynamic resistance in the water during swimming and not only reduces fatigue by cutting down on eye strain but allows the swimmer both superior frontal and peripheral vision.

Abstract: A set of spectacles has a lens frame formed of a pair of releasably interlocking lens holding sections. Each lens holding section is adapted to hold a single lens and has a hinge connection on one side and a set of knuckles on the other side. The knuckles in each of the lens sections interlock with the knuckles in the other lens section to releasably join the lens sections together. A pair of primary hinge pin members couple the temple pieces to the lens holding sections. The primary hinge pin members are removable. The spectacles also include at least one spare hinge pin member removably seated in a receptacle defined in one of the temple pieces. At least one of the hinge pin members is provided with a decorative, exposed shield.

Abstract: A sunglass, which includes a glass with a pair of of spectacle bows connected thereto by means of a pair of fastening elements. The fastening elements each includes a front opening defining therein two retaining recessed for convenient connection with either part of snap ends made at both sides of the glass without the use of any screw elements.

Abstract: Eyeglasses of a type which permit interchanging of lenses are disclosed which employ a collapsible frame having a pair of hingedly interconnected lens-mounting portions. The lens-mounting portions are configured to engage the peripheral edge of the lens and include several prongs. The peripheral edge of the lenses include prong-receiving recesses which position the lenses relative to the frame to provide secure mounting thereto. The lens-mounting portions of the frame also include a separable connection wherein a mounting lug mounted to one part of the section is received in a socket formed at an end of an opposing section. The separable connection allows the lens-mounting portions to open, facilitating mounting and removal of the lenses, and close so as to provide secure mounting of the lens relative to the frame.

Abstract: Combination safety glasses having frame lens openings fitted with non-correcting safety lenses. Raised portions from the rear of said frame lens openings are of integral, one-piece construction therewith. The raised portions have guide recesses that receive and dispose correcting lenses in parallel relationship with the non-correcting lenses. The correcting lenses are of the full magnifier, full prescription, full bifocal or half prescription type. Opposite ends of the raised portions have nasal-side detents and spring-biased, temporal-side locking detents. The nasal-side detents are of integral, one-piece construction with the raised portions, while the temporal-side locking detents are resilient and have spring biasing actions thereby rendering the locking detents spring-biased. The nasal-side detents engage the correcting lenses.

Abstract: Nasal equipment for spectacle frame of the type comprising in a single piece a central bar and two lateral pads each intended to interlock on the corresponding eyewire of the frame. In a central bar is provided at least one recess in which is disposed at least one interlocking element intended to cooperate with a recess provided in each eyewire of the frame.

Abstract: An adjustable safety spectacle including a frame member including a nose bridge and lens supporting sections extending from the nose bridge and with the lens supporting sections including outwardly extending arm portions, a pair of adjustable length temple members including telescoping side arms, individual means coupled to the outwardly extending arm portions of the frame member and the temple members for individually pivotably mounting the temple members to extend from the outwardly extending arm portions, each temple member formed with an interior channel having a slot on a bottom wall and with substantially closed top and side walls and including an interior projection into the channel and with each side arm including a ratchet portion engaging the interior projection for providing a plurality of fixed telescoping positions and each individual means including a pair of pin members and a pair of openings for receiving the pin members and with one opening receiving one pin member for pivotable movement and

Abstract: A spectacle frame comprising two components which constitute a supporting structure and a face assembly, respectively, mounted removably to each other, wherein one of the components comprises at least one locking element and the other component comprises a recess adapted to receive the at least one locking element being movable between a rest position wherein it allows the components to be separated from each other and an active position wherein the at least one locking element cooperates with the recess when the supporting structure and the face assembly are mounted onto each other, so as to firmly connect the supporting structure to the face assembly.

Abstract: Eyeglass frame structure comprising a lens receiving or bow portion having a pair of oppositely disposed temple or earpiece members hingedly secured at the opposite ends thereof, said lens receiving portion being provided with a transversely separable nose bridge element for facilitating installing of a lens member in the eyeglass frame, each of said earpiece members being of an adjustable length, and each earpiece member hingedly secured to the lens receiving portion for adjustment of the planar orientation of the lens receiving portion with respect to the earpiece axis in both lateral and transverse directions.