Patents Assigned to Four Nines, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8042937
    Abstract: A temple for an eyeglass frame exerts an urging force onto a facial surface, and has a simple structure to make the manufacture and assembly thereof easy. The temple can be provided at an inexpensive cost. The temple comprises four surfaces of an inner surface 20, an outer surface 30, an upper surface 40, and a lower surface 50 on one end side, which end is linked to armor 70 with a hinge 60 put between the end and the armor 70. The outer surface 30 has outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33, each formed in a curved surface parallel to the rotation axis of the hinge 60. The portions of the inner surface 20 corresponding to the outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33 are formed in curved surfaces parallel to the curved surfaces of the outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33 to form an almost uniform thickness between the portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Iimura
  • Patent number: 7980691
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism of a gut 6 holding a lens 20 onto a half rim 1 prevents the gut 6 from being cut off by a large force acting on a bent part of the gut 6. The fixing mechanism includes an attachment part 2 of the half rim 1, to which a part of the periphery of the lens 20 is held, the lens 20, and the gut 6 fixing the lens 20 to the attachment part 2 by pressing the periphery of the lens 20 and thereby pressing the lens 20 toward the attachment part 2. The fixing mechanism further includes holding members 8 and 11 holding each end of the gut 6 on the both sides of the attachment part 2 of the half rim 1, which holding members 8 and 11 are arranged in hollow parts 7 and 10, respectively, formed on both the side parts of the attachment part 2 of the half rim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Iimura
  • Publication number: 20110063566
    Abstract: A temple for an eyeglass frame exerts an urging force onto a facial surface, and has a simple structure to make the manufacture and assembly thereof easy. The temple can be provided at an inexpensive cost. The temple comprises four surfaces of an inner surface 20, an outer surface 30, an upper surface 40, and a lower surface 50 on one end side, which end is linked to armor 70 with a hinge 60 put between the end and the armor 70. The outer surface 30 has outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33, each formed in a curved surface parallel to the rotation axis of the hinge 60. The portions of the inner surface 20 corresponding to the outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33 are formed in curved surfaces parallel to the curved surfaces of the outer surface concave portions 31, 32, and 33 to form an almost uniform thickness between the portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Iimura
  • Publication number: 20100231848
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism of a gut 6 holding a lens 20 onto a half rim 1 prevents the gut 6 from being cut off by a large force acting on a bent part of the gut 6. The fixing mechanism includes an attachment part 2 of the half rim 1, to which a part of the periphery of the lens 20 is held, the lens 20, and the gut 6 fixing the lens 20 to the attachment part 2 by pressing the periphery of the lens 20 and thereby pressing the lens 20 toward the attachment part 2. The fixing mechanism further includes holding members 8 and 11 holding each end of the gut 6 on the both sides of the attachment part 2 of the half rim 1, which holding members 8 and 11 are arranged in hollow parts 7 and 10, respectively, formed on both the side parts of the attachment part 2 of the half rim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuichi Iimura
  • Patent number: 7722188
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame is formed so as to eliminate pain to a wearer when the frame nips the head of the wearer for a long period of usage. The eyeglass frame includes a front frame made of plastic or metal for holding lenses, a pair of elastic bodies, a first end of each elastic body is attached to either side of a rear face of the front frame and is bent inwardly at a central portion thereof, and a temple disposed at a second end of each elastic body. The temple has an end cover. One of the first end and the second end of the elastic body is connected to a hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Mikame
  • Publication number: 20090251659
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame is formed so as to eliminate pain to a wearer when the frame nips the head of the wearer for a long period of usage. The eyeglass frame includes a front frame made of plastic or metal for holding lenses, a pair of elastic bodies, a first end of each elastic body is attached to either side of a rear face of the front frame and is bent inwardly at a central portion thereof, and a temple disposed at a second end of each elastic body. The temple has an end cover. One of the first end and the second end of the elastic body is connected to a hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Mikame
  • Patent number: 7513618
    Abstract: A nose pad capable of achieving a comfortable wearing sensation, which has no possibility of forming an indentation on side surfaces of a nose resulting in discomfort, is provided. The nose pad is provided with a pad body and a pad core that is integrally provided at a center portion of the pad body. In the pad body, a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface are constructed in combination with one or more curved surfaces. The front surface of the pad body is formed into a curved surface approximately conforming to a nose surface, and therefore a load from eyeglasses can be dispersed over an entire pad body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Mikame
  • Publication number: 20090051867
    Abstract: A nose pad capable of achieving a comfortable wearing sensation, which has no possibility of forming an indentation on side surfaces of a nose resulting in discomfort, is provided. The nose pad is provided with a pad body and a pad core that is integrally provided at a center portion of the pad body. In the pad body, a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface are constructed in combination with one or more curved surfaces. The front surface of the pad body is formed into a curved surface approximately conforming to a nose surface, and therefore a load from eyeglasses can be dispersed over an entire pad body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Mikame
  • Patent number: 4882009
    Abstract: A brine concentrator utilizing two separate concentrating devices in combination wherein a first concentrating device comprises a plurality of serpentine pipes interposed within a concentrator tank containing a dilute brine solution and a second concentrating device, including a venturi, is attached to the upper end of the concentrator tank and connected to receive exhaust gases from an exterior source. The brine solution which has been concentrated by the first concentrating device exit the tank through an output opening and is introduced into the venturi via a plurality of nozzles where it is mixed with the exhaust gases.A venting stack is also attached to the upper end of the tank for venting the exhaust gases emitted from the venturi and pre-heating dilute brine solution, which is introduced into the tank through the venting stack. As the solution travels down the stack and into the tank, it comes into contact with the exhaust gases exiting the tank from the venturi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Four Nines, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Santoleri, Richard D. Ross