Patents Assigned to SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.
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Patent number: 11906819Abstract: A frame for spectacles includes a front mount with respective lateral lugs provided for articulation of respective arms producing an articulated connection of each arm to the front mount. Each lug includes a hinge pin extending between a pair of surfaces of the lug axially opposite each other in a hinge axis direction. Each arm includes a first arm portion extending as a second arm portion with a lesser longitudinal extent with respect to the first arm portion. The second arm portion is bent on the first portion in a position facing it, the pin is interposed between the first arm portion and second arm portion in order to produce a hinge connection. The second arm portion having a convex portion directed towards the first arm portion, which at least partially surrounds the pin so that relative positioning is maintained between the arm and pin during rotation of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Ampelio Artusi
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Patent number: 11852903Abstract: Eyeglasses include a front frame with a lens-holding rim having an upper rim portion and a lower rim portion which extend to surround the profile of a lens and have respective free ends facing each other in an opening area of the rim, an endpiece coupled rotatably to the lower rim portion about a first pivot axis and coupled rotatably to the upper rim portion about a second pivot axis, the first and second pivot axes being parallel to each other and the first pivot axis being laterally spaced from the second pivot axis on the side facing the rod, the endpiece being configured to rotate about the pivot axes between a closed and an open position of the rim, the endpiece and the upper rim portion cooperating mutually with each other in the closed position to hold the upper and lower rim portions therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Cristian Donà, Francesco Lazzaro
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Patent number: 11726352Abstract: A spacer device for spectacles maintains the pair of arms of the frame spaced apart from each other with respect to the front of the frame when they are folded in a closing manner. The device includes a spacer member having a thickness defined between a pair of opposing surfaces, the member extending in a main direction, between a pair of opposing faces, which contact with the front mount of the frame and the arm of the pair of arms which is folded last onto the mount, respectively. A channel extends transversely to the main direction and is provided in a position between the faces, the channel delimited by a pair of walls which face each other in a mutually spaced apart relationship and are connected at an end thereof to a base surface of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Masiero, Matteo Morosin
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Patent number: 11675218Abstract: A pair of spectacles having bio-sensors for detecting signals in contact with a user's head includes a front frame for lenses and a nose support device which is provided on the frame, the nose support device includes a mount made of an electrically non-conductive material and which can be removably connected to the frame, the mount having first and second nose support elements thereon, and which incorporate first and second nose sensors, formed from an electrically conductive material, capable of surface contact with corresponding laterally opposite zones of the nose. Each of the nose support elements is mounted on a respective support connected to the mount by a respective screw type element of a conductive material capable of electrical contact with the support, and each screw type element is capable of electrical contact with an electric circuit in the frame, the circuit being interposed between the frame and the mount.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Nicola Belli, Giorgio Manera, Cristian Donà, Alessandro Sanfelici
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Publication number: 20230029397Abstract: A device for mutually fixing component parts of a frame for spectacles includes a first fixing element which is connectable by a sliding coupling inside a second fixing element and locking means, active between the first and second fixing elements, transversely to the coupling direction. The first fixing element includes at least a first seat which slidingly receives a respective first magnet, the second fixing element includes a second magnet and a second seat. The second seat configured to receive, with reduced connection play, a portion of the first magnet when it is moved, with partial extraction from the first seat, by the magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnets produced by mutual positioning of the first and second magnets with opposite magnetic polarities so that the first magnet, by engaging the first seat and the second seat, prevents relative movement between the first and second fixing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Ampelio ARTUSI, Eric THORSELL, Giorgio MANERA
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Patent number: 11490701Abstract: A glasses case having a reducible size is described, having an inner frame including a filiform element made of resiliently flexible material. The element has a closed profile and is folded to assume a first, saddle-shaped configuration in which two portions of the element are formed that extend laterally from opposite sides with respect to a top zone of the element, and a case body, which holds the frame in the operative configuration, the body is connected to the frame along its profile and extends to delimit the inner volume of the case. The case has a second, non-operative configuration having a smaller size by a first relative torsional fold of the frame portions, thus forming a substantially eight-shaped configuration, followed by a second fold that brings the frame portions together such that they lie one on top of the other until a flattened shape of the case is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETA AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Cristian Dona
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Publication number: 20220317473Abstract: Interchangeable single-lens glasses include a mount with a front lens-holding frame having a bar extended at supraciliary arches between opposed lateral ends of the frame, and means for removable retention on the bar a single-lens structure extending frontally between the ends. The means for retaining the lens structure on the bar include, at each of the lateral ends, at least a respective first magnet or ferromagnetic material element provided on the frame and a second magnet or ferromagnetic material element provided on the lens in a corresponding position, to cooperate in reciprocal magnetic attraction with the corresponding first element, and, at a central portion of the bar, proximate to a nasal rest area of the mount, a relief protruding frontally from the bar and an opening passing through the lens in a corresponding position, the relief being configured to engage the opening with relative reciprocal locking.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: SAFILO - SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Cristian Donà
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Publication number: 20220214561Abstract: A spectacle mount is described, comprising a front frame (2) with lateral lugs (4) and respective rods (5), each rod-lug pair comprising a first and a second articulation element (6, 7) and an insert (12) constrained to the first articulation element (6), a recess (17) being defined in the insert (12) and intended to receive, at least partially, a head (11) of the second articulation element (7) during the movement relative to the first articulation element (6), a shoulder surface (22) defined on the insert (12) being able to contact the head (11) during the articulation movement, so that the second articulation element (7) is movable from and towards open and closed positions of the rod on the mount, in a guided and contacted manner between the insert (12) and the first articulation element (6), to achieve a hinge movement between the lug (4) and the rod (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Ampelio ARTUSI
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Patent number: 11226501Abstract: Glasses that are provided with biosensors for detecting signals and are in contact with the user's head are described, which glasses comprise a front frame (2) for supporting respective lenses (4), a pair of sides (6) articulated to the frame on laterally opposing sides, and a nasal-bearing device (8), each of the sides (6) extending in a longitudinal extension direction and comprising a side body (6a) extending into an end side portion (6b) in which a particular sensor (25) that makes contact with the head is integrated, and in which the end side portion (6b) comprises a pair of branches (26a, 26b), which extend from a common end (27), which is connected to the side body (6a), in the longitudinal extension direction of the side (6) in a manner spaced apart from one another, one (26a) of the branches being provided with an internal cavity (29) for housing a core (30) made of a conductive metal material and both the branches (26a, 26b) being made of a resiliently pliable and electrically conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Nicola Belli, Alessandro Sanfelici
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Publication number: 20220011592Abstract: Eyeglasses include a front frame with a lens-holding rim having an upper rim portion and a lower rim portion which extend to surround the profile of a lens and have respective free ends facing each other in an opening area of the rim, an endpiece coupled rotatably to the lower rim portion about a first pivot axis and coupled rotatably to the upper rim portion about a second pivot axis, the first and second pivot axes being parallel to each other and the first pivot axis being laterally spaced from the second pivot axis on the side facing the rod, the endpiece being configured to rotate about the pivot axes between a closed and an open position of the rim, the endpiece and the upper rim portion cooperating mutually with each other in the closed position to hold the upper and lower rim portions therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SAFILO - Società Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.p.A.Inventors: Cristian DONÀ, Francesco LAZZARO
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Publication number: 20210255478Abstract: A mount for spectacles includes a front frame having a pair of structures for holding lenses, which are connected by a central bridge extending in a nasal support zone, each lens- holding structure has an upper element for holding the lens, surrounding a part of the lens profile at the top, between the central bridge and a corresponding opposite lateral tenon intended to be connected to a lateral arm so as to articulate about an axis of articulation. The upper element is integral to the bridge and to the corresponding lateral tenon, and a lower element for supporting the lens, which extends so as to surround the remaining part of the lens profile at the bottom between the bridge and the corresponding lateral tenon, the lower element having a first end connected to the front frame at the central bridge and a second, opposite end constrained to the lateral tenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Ampelio ARTUSI
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Publication number: 20210231971Abstract: A frame for spectacles includes a front mount with respective lateral lugs provided for articulation of respective arms producing an articulated connection of each arm to the front mount. Each lug includes a hinge pin extending between a pair of surfaces of the lug axially opposite each other in a hinge axis direction. Each arm includes a first arm portion extending as a second arm portion with a lesser longitudinal extent with respect to the first arm portion. The second arm portion is bent on the first portion in a position facing it, the pin is interposed between the first arm portion and second arm portion in order to produce a hinge connection. The second arm portion having a convex portion directed towards the first arm portion, which at least partially surrounds the pin so that relative positioning is maintained between the arm and pin during rotation of the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Ampelio ARTUSI
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Publication number: 20210157173Abstract: A spacer device for spectacles maintains the pair of arms of the frame spaced apart from each other with respect to the front of the frame when they are folded in a closing manner. The device includes a spacer member having a thickness defined between a pair of opposing surfaces, the member extending in a main direction, between a pair of opposing faces, which contact with the front mount of the frame and the arm of the pair of arms which is folded last onto the mount, respectively. A channel extends transversely to the main direction and is provided in a position between the faces, the channel delimited by a pair of walls which face each other in a mutually spaced apart relationship and are connected at an end thereof to a base surface of the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo MASIERO, Matteo MOROSIN
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Publication number: 20210149223Abstract: A pair of spectacles includes a front assembly mount and a pair of arms which extend from respective opposing lateral lugs of the front mount, there being defined on each arm an internal lateral flank, which is directed towards the head with the spectacles being worn, and an opposing external lateral flank. The pair of spectacles also includes on at least one of the arms a respective support element, secured to the external flank of the arm in the region of a portion of the arm near a respective lug for articulation to the mount and which extends in the direction of longitudinal development of the arm behind the external flank and with a spacing from the external flank of the arm, the support carrying a surface, which is visible from the outer side with the spectacles being worn, configured to be decorated or to support decorative patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Cristian DONA
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Publication number: 20210120928Abstract: A glasses case having a reducible size is described, having an inner frame including a filiform element made of resiliently flexible material. The element has a closed profile and is folded to assume a first, saddle-shaped configuration in which two portions of the element are formed that extend laterally from opposite sides with respect to a top zone of the element, and a case body, which holds the frame in the operative configuration, the body is connected to the frame along its profile and extends to delimit the inner volume of the case. The case has a second, non-operative configuration having a smaller size by a first relative torsional fold of the frame portions, thus forming a substantially eight-shaped configuration, followed by a second fold that brings the frame portions together such that they lie one on top of the other until a flattened shape of the case is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Cristian DONA
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Patent number: 10976569Abstract: A device for attaching parts of a spectacles frame to one another includes a first attachment element connectable to a first component part of the frame to be plugged into a second attachment element connectable to a second component part of the frame. A locking pin is active between the first and the second attachment element, in a removable manner, transverse to the plugging direction, so as to attach the first and the second component parts of the frame to one another. The first attachment element includes a pair of limbs constructed equidirectionally and at a distance from a common base, while the second attachment element includes a seat that can hold the pair of limbs in the axial plugging direction between opposing internal walls of the seat, the seat being intersected transverse to the plugging direction by an opening in which the locking pin is rotatably held.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: Marco Damin
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Patent number: 10901235Abstract: A frame for spectacles includes a frontal framework with lateral lugs for articulation of arms and means of articulation between each lug and the corresponding arm. The articulation means include a flexible member, structurally independent of the lug and the arm, the flexible member being held on the arm and coupled rotatably, the end of each arm, facing the corresponding lug, shaped in such a manner that the arm, in its movement about the hinge pin, is flexibly constrained towards preselected angular positions relative to the frontal framework. The frame also includes a respective distance element interposed between each arm and the corresponding flexible member, and said distance element is mounted on the arm in an adjustable manner in order to impose, at the level of said distance member, a preselected distance between the arm and the flexible member, and to regulate a flexible pre-load exerted on the flexible member.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETA AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Ampelio Artusi, Marco Queboli
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Patent number: 10798985Abstract: There is described a protective helmet for sporting use, in particular for use while skiing, comprising an external cap-like structure (2) of a resiliently flexible material, an internal cap-like structure (3) which is received in the external cap-like structure (2) and which comprises a plurality of cap portions (5a, 5b) of expanded material which are structurally independent of each other and which are mutually interconnected with limited relative mobility between contiguous portions, the internal cap-like structure (3) delimiting a cavity (4) which is open towards the outer side and which is capable of receiving the head of the user, and at least one device (6) for absorbing energy as a result of forces of impacts on the helmet, which device is interposed between the internal cap-like structure (3) and external cap-like structure (2).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SAFILO SOCIETÁ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Giorgio Manera, Nicola Belli
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Publication number: 20200285080Abstract: A pair of spectacles having bio-sensors for detecting signals in contact with a user's head includes a front frame for lenses and a nose support device which is provided on the frame, the nose support device includes a mount made of an electrically non-conductive material and which can be removably connected to the frame, the mount having first and second nose support elements thereon, and which incorporate first and second nose sensors, formed from an electrically conductive material, capable of surface contact with corresponding laterally opposite zones of the nose. Each of the nose support elements is mounted on a respective support connected to the mount by a respective screw type element of a conductive material capable of electrical contact with the support, and each screw type element is capable of electrical contact with an electric circuit in the frame, the circuit being interposed between the frame and the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventors: Nicola BELLI, Giorgio MANERA, Cristian DONÀ, Alessandro SANFELICI
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Patent number: D923080Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SAFILO - SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A.Inventor: David Iarossi