Abstract: A decoration for spectacle frames of plastics material is formed by a shaped plate intended to be incorporated in a zone of a frame so as to appear on the surface with its outer face substantially flush with this zone. The plate has at least one passage formed within its thickness in the form of one or more longitudinal, transverse or oblique grooves or apertures inscribed in the plate and opening onto its outer face so as to be occupied by the plastics material constituting the frame itself during application to the frame.

Abstract: A spectacle frame comprising a front assembly and a pair of bows hinged to the front assembly and each having an elongated longitudinal core and a number of blocks arranged side by side and through which the aforementioned core is fitted. The frame also comprises a number of connecting elements, each located between a pair of blocks and each having a pair of opposed convex lateral surfaces and a pair of first ridges projecting perpendicularly to the core axis. Each block presents a pair of opposed concave surfaces designed to mate with respective convex surfaces on the connecting elements, and two pairs of second ridges, each facing a respective first ridge on a connecting element, so that, when the bow is flexed, the second ridges of each block on one side of the bow contact respective first ridges on the connecting elements.

Abstract: A spectacle frame having two interconnected parts (for example, the front and one of the side pieces or the two portions of the bridge of the front or the two portions of one of the side pieces in the case of a foldable frame) which are pivotable relative to each other between a folded, mutually closed position and a mutually open position by means of a resilient hinge mechanism including a rolling body cooperating under the action of resilient biassing means associated with one of the parts of the frame, with a cam member associated with the other part of the frame to allow limited and definable sprung angular displacements of the two parts of the frame with respect to a stable mutually open position. The resilient biassing means include at least one flexion spring anchored to the respective part of the frame and defining a seat for the lateral containment and centering of the rolling member.

Abstract: A flexible element for spectacle-frames, in particular a flexible bar for spectacles, comprising a chain of articulated elements traversed by a deformable longitudinal core arranged to hold them together is described. The chain of articulated elements comprises at least one articulated element formed substantially by a portion of a body of revolution defined by surfaces which are obtained by envelope from a generating plane figure which is made to rotate about an axis parallel and external to the figure itself.