Patents by Inventor William E. Thill

William E. Thill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Eyeglasses having shapeable weighted temples
    Patent number: 4074932
    Abstract: Eyeglasses which have temples made of a material which is substantially rigid at atmospheric temperatures but ductile at a temperature above atmospheric temperature, and a weighting material encapsulated in the material of which the temples are made which is substantially rigid at atmospheric temperatures but liquid at the temperature at which the temples are ductile and the method of fitting said eyeglasses including the steps of heating the temples until they are ductile and the weighting material is liquid, shaping the temples while they are ductile and the weighting material is liquid, and cooling the temples to solidify the weighting material and to make the material of the temples substantially rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Inventor: William E. Thill