Detachable Brace Arm Patents (Class 351/105)
  • Patent number: 10162192
    Abstract: An assembly structure for eyeglass lens comprises a lens and a connection component. The lens is formed with an insertion section at one end which end toward to the connection component and at least one engaging hole in the insertion section. The connection component is formed with a slot at one end which end toward to the lens, and connected to a temple at the other end which end far away the lens. The slot is formed with a pin on the wall. After the insertion section of the lens is inserted into the slot of the connection component, the pin on the slot wall is engaged with the engaging hole of the insertion section, assembling the lens and the connection component together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Prohero Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pen-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9766477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lens exchanging structure. Lens-frame assembling parts of a glasses frame of a main spectacle frame are assembled with lens frames. Intercalating flanges on one sides of the lens frames are correspondingly intercalated by intercalating concave parts of the lens-frame assembling parts. Positioning slots on another sides of the lens frames are inserted by positioning bumps of the fixing parts in sliding slots of the glasses frame. Therefore, when the main spectacle frame or the lens frames are needed to be exchanged, it only needs to fiddle the fixing parts to separate the positioning bumps of the fixing parts and the positioning slots of the lens frames. Then, the lens frames can be removed from the main spectacle frame. The removed lens frames can be assembled with other main spectacle frames having other styles and colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hsien Chang Optical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiung Chou
  • Patent number: 9261711
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes a glasses frame, at least one lens detachably installed to the glasses frame, two temples, and two push-on fasteners. A connecting portion is formed on each end of the glasses frame and includes a slot. The lens has a notch matching a portion of the slot of the connecting portion. Each temple is pivotally fitted to the glasses frame and rotatable relative to the glasses frame between an unfolded position and a folded position. Each push-on fastener can be moved between first and second positions when the temple is in the folded position. Each push-on fastener has a positioning portion extending through the slot of the connecting portion. The positioning portion in the first position is engaged in the notch to fix the lens. The positioning portion in the second position is separated from the notch and allows the lens to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hwa Meei Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9223150
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes a lens and a frame. The frame has a holder and two temples connected to two ends of the holder. The holder has a clip slot able to fix the lens. A through hole is defined in the holder and communicates with the clip slot. A bead and a spring are accommodated in the through hole. A restriction member is connected to the holder and blocks the through hole at the inside of the holder. The spring is installed between the bead and the restriction member. The bead partially protrudes from the through hole. The lens has a positioning portion corresponding to the bead. The bead that partially protrudes from the through hole is engaged with the positioning portion. The lens is easily installed or removed by shifting the bead in the clip slot from the positioning portion of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Chih Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20140160422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the structure of eye glasses. More specifically, the frame has embedded clamps on the outside part of the front. Embedded clamps can be displaced inward or outward along the outside part of the front. When embedding the lens into the lens assembly area which consists of the inner part, upper part, and outside part of the front, the embedded clamps can be pushed outward. Upon embedding the lens in the front, the embedded clamps can be pushed inward, by this way, the front and back of the embedded clamps can clamp the front, thereby fixing the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: EYE OJO CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Hsin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140125940
    Abstract: An eyeglass assembly includes: a frame having a transverse segment and first segments that cooperate with the transverse segment to form two generally L-shaped structures; a lens unit having an upper lens edge and first lens edges and formed with two engaging recesses, the lens unit being inserted into the frame so that the lens unit is restricted by the generally L-shaped structures; and a pair of temple arms, each of which has an engaging tongue. The engaging tongues engage the respective engaging recesses when the temple arms are disposed at an unfolded position, and are disengaged from the respective engaging recesses when the temple arms are disposed at a folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: York Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140118682
    Abstract: Eyewear, lenses, and methods of forming lenses are disclosed. In an example eyewear, first and second temples are coupled to a lens. The lens includes a viewing portion, a mounting portion configured to be coupled to at least one of the first and second temples, a connecting portion connecting the mounting portion to the viewing portion of the lens. The lens further includes an elongated slot that defines at least in part the mounting portion and the connecting portion. The mounting portion and connecting portion are configured to effectively isolate the viewing portion from deflection of the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Smith Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Betournay, Nathan Barg Abney, William Currier McNeal
  • Patent number: 7887182
    Abstract: A sports glasses construction includes an eyeglass frame for semi-rimless lenses having a pair of receivers for receiving a first pair of selectively removable lenses or lens adapter frames. A pair of lens adapter frames has respective upper connection members sized and shaped to couple to the respective pair of receivers in the eyeglass frame. The pair of lens adapters each has a lower portion sized and shaped to couple to a second respective pair of lenses while leaving the lower edges of the lenses exposed to provide a semi-rimless construction, and to permit the frame to adapt to lenses of differing geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan S. Van Atta, Umar Hanil
  • Publication number: 20110025974
    Abstract: Eyewear includes a frame having a right temple arm and a left temple arm and a rearwardly extending lower shoulder. A rear plate has a forwardly extending upper shoulder and a pair of lenses, with a portion of each lens positioned between the frame and the rear plate. The lower shoulder extends beneath the pair of lenses and the upper shoulder extends above the pair of lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Kyle Schepke
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090161062
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes angle adjusting members. In Each angle adjusting member, a supporting shaft member projecting on an inside of the external body and a supporting shaft member projecting on an inside of the internal connect body are connected together and inserted in on a supporting hole provided on the connecting body of the frame. An engaging claw projecting on the inside of the internal connect body is to be selectively engage with one of plural engaging notches provided on the outer edge portion of the connecting body. The external connect body is superposed on an outside of the connecting body and the internal connect body is superposed on an inside of the connecting body. In this pair of eyeglasses, angle adjustment between the lens and the temples is easy. The angle adjusting members does not protrude outwardly from the frame. Replacement of lenses is also easy. Also this pair of eyeglasses has no metal part and does not produce a problem in disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru KAWANISHI
  • Publication number: 20090147214
    Abstract: A sports glasses construction includes an eyeglass frame for semi-rimless lenses having a pair of channels for receiving a first pair of selectively removable lenses or lens adapter frames, and a pair of lens adapter frames having respective upper connection members sized and shaped to fit into the respective pair of channels in the eyeglass frame. The pair of lens adapters each has a lower portion sized and shaped to couple to a second respective pair of lenses leaving the lower edges of the lenses exposed to provide a semi-rimless construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Dylan S. Van Atta, Umar Hanif
  • Patent number: 7510279
    Abstract: A sports glasses construction includes a frame for semi-rimless lenses having a pair of channels for receiving a first pair of selectively removable lenses of a first radius of curvature, and a pair of lens adapters having respective upper rib members sized and shaped to fit into the respective pair of channels in the frame. The pair of lens adapters each has a lower portion sized and shaped to receive a second respective pair of lenses having a second radius of curvature that is greater than the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan S. Van Atta, Umar Hanif
  • Publication number: 20080129952
    Abstract: An eyeglass is provided for component weight without reducing the overall structural integrity of the eyeglass, and for allowing adjustability of the eyeglass to optimize optical and protective qualities during activities having differing head angles and primary lines of sight. The eyeglass can comprise a lens, a frame, and a nosepiece. The frame can have opposing terminals and an upper groove extending at least partially along the frame and a downwardly extending post. The nosepiece can have a mounting component extending upwardly to engage the post, and the lens can be cooperatively retained between the frame and the nosepiece. Sets of corresponding nose pieces and lenses are provided, to optimize the eyeglasses for different primary viewing axes in the vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Oakley, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jannard, Peter Yee, David Ginther, Carlos Reyes
  • Patent number: 7237892
    Abstract: A novel hinge assembly for eyeglasses is provided wherein a first structural member for the hinge structure is formed in a first molding step and a second structural member of the hinge structure is formed directly over a portion of the first structural member in a second molding step. The present invention utilizes in-mold-assembly techniques to reduce the assembly steps required to form such a hinge assembly while further resulting in a hinge assembly that has increased adjustability and utility. Specifically, the overmolded components form a ball and socket type joint allowing a large degree of lateral rotation in one direction and a limited amount of freedom in a second direction. This hinge allows the temple portion of the eyeglasses to be folded against the brow bar and the inclination angle between the temples and the brow bar to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Bacou-Dalloz Eye & Face Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Curci, Laurent Froissard, Gregor Mittersinker, Michael J. Jobin
  • Patent number: 7175275
    Abstract: A pair of spectacles includes a main frame having a magnetic bridge piece. An auxiliary inner frame is secured by a magnetic member to the bridge piece and an outer auxiliary lens is similarly secured by a magnet to the bridge piece and at lateral locations onto edges of the main frame. The auxiliary outer lens is secured by a magnetic button which is inserted through an aperture in the outer lens and has a magnetic member an a head which is sized to overly the aperture. The magnetic member embedded in the button attracts the magnetic bridge piece thereby attaching the button to the main frame, the head overlies the aperture and secures the outer frame to the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Chic Optic Inc.
    Inventor: Thierry Ifergan
  • Patent number: 7172282
    Abstract: A pair of detachable eyeglasses has a frame, a bridge and two integral lenses. The frame has a skeleton and two side bars formed at two ends of the skeleton. A lug is formed in a middle portion of the frame and multiple joint members are symmetrically provided in rear sides of the side bars. The bridge has two nose pads and a fastener mounted between the nose pads. A channel is defined in the fastener and a block is received into the channel. A groove is defined in a middle portion of the lenses and mated with the block so that a lower end of the middle portion is received into the channel thereby fastening the lenses to the bridge. Multiple slots are defined in two edges of the lenses and mated with the joint members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Inventor: Jerry Wang Lee
  • Patent number: 7070272
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventor: Hsiao-Chien Lu
  • Patent number: 6926404
    Abstract: The invention concerns eyewear with means for interchanging a lens including non-rectilinear assembly zones provided on lateral edges of the lens, zones for receiving the assembly zones, one of which is formed at least partly by a piece mobile relative to the frame, and retaining means for normally maintaining the mobile piece in an engagement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Owoay
    Inventors: Pierre Bassahon, Marc Delery
  • Patent number: 6908193
    Abstract: The eyewear described comprises a unitary lens consisting of a pair of transparent sight regions and of a bridging region therebetween and a lens engaging brow frame engaging the upper edge of the lens and having its opposite ends extending through openings provided at the opposite upper ends of the sight regions. Parts of the frame and of the lens cooperate to mount the brow frame to the lens. A nose piece engages the frame and the lens to secure the assembly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond Cyr
  • Patent number: 6585370
    Abstract: Eyeglasses having a lens frame removably attached to an eyewear platform using different attachment devices such as magnets, clips, or other attachment devices that provide effective resistance from said lens frame from becoming involuntarily detached from said eyewear platform. This eyewear allows the user to quickly and easily change lenses or sunglasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Gary M. Zelman
  • Patent number: 6502938
    Abstract: There is provided an attachment structure of a frame body relative to a front portion capable of attaching the frame body to the front portion with a simple construction, and also there is provided an attachment structure of a frame body relative to a front portion wherein stress or distortion of the frame body is hardly transmitted to the front portion. The attachment structure of a frame body relative to a front portion comprises a curved hooked portion formed on the frame body at the central position, and a groove portion defined in the front portion at the central position, wherein the curved hooked portion elastically presses the groove portion so as to engage the curved hooked portion in the groove portion. The frame body can be easily attached to or detached from the front portion with one-touch operation, and hence the operation is made with very ease, and further even if the frame body is distorted or deformed, the distortion is hardly transmitted to the front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Horikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazue Yoshimura, Hideyo Miyoshi, Shuichiro Ishikawa, Katsumi Yamamoto, Osamu Morihiro
  • Patent number: 6132041
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes a frame having two curved lens-engaging strips, each of which has an inner surface that is formed with an open-ended longitudinal slot. Each of the strips further has two ends that define a gap therebetween, and a downwardly flaring projection that protrudes integrally and downwardly therefrom and that is located in a corresponding one of the slots. Two lenses have upper edges that engage respectively the slots in the frame. Each of the upper edges has a constricted hole that engages fittingly a corresponding one of the projections of the frame. The lenses can be removed forcibly from the strips via the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Mao Lin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jey-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 6070978
    Abstract: Spectacles with an improved fastening of spectacle lenses on a rimless spectacle mount have a spectacle lens which is secured to the spectacle mount with at least one filament which partially encloses the periphery of the spectacle lens. The spectacle lens is provided with at least one through-opening for the filament. The filament is guided through the through-opening and has a thickened portion behind and/or in front of the spectacle lens. The thickened portion is thicker than the width of the through-opening. The filament is wound around the spectacle mount at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Markus Temming
  • Patent number: 5926249
    Abstract: A pair of glasses including two outer butts, two inner butts, a bridge and two movable rim assemblies. Each outer butt has two stopper plates each being formed with a longitudinal channel in which the movable rim assembly is inserted. Each inner butt also has a longitudinal channel in which the movable rim assembly is inserted. By means of the longitudinal channels of the stopper plates of the outer butts and the longitudinal channels of the inner butts, the upper or lower rims of the movable rim assemblies can be fixed with the lenses. Therefore, the glasses can be changed between full rim pattern, upper half rim pattern, lower half rim pattern and rimless pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Inventor: Pei-Tsung Lin
  • Patent number: 5903331
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes a frame unit and a lens unit. The frame unit has a downwardly flaring projection protruding integrally and downwardly from a middle portion thereof, and two constricted slots which are located on two sides of the projection and which have inner end portions that are adjacent to the projection. The lens unit has two upwardly flaring upper portions which define a constricted hole therebetween and which are snap fitted respectively within the constricted slots of the frame unit so that the projection of the frame unit is snap fitted within the constricted hole of the lens unit, thereby retaining the lens unit on the frame unit. The engagement of the projection of the middle portion of the frame unit within the constricted hole in the lens unit facilitates firm connection of the lens unit and the frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Mao Lin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jey-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 5592242
    Abstract: Sunglasses include a lens which is replaceable with an alternative one at any time, and provides such sunglasses in which frames thereof can be easily attached to and detached from the lens, and the frames can be held stably on the lens while attached thereto, and which provide a user with a good wear feeling. The sunglasses of the present invention include a lens, frames detachably mounted on the respective mounting portions of the lens; and temples attached to the respective frames. When the frames are mounted on the respective mounting portions, holding pieces of each of the frames hold therebetween the corresponding mounting portion, while an elongated protrusion and projection of each of the frames are engaged with an engagement long nick or slot and an engagement hole in the lens, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: O.G.K. Hanbai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzuru Ooie
  • Patent number: 5587747
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Gargoyles, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles A. Bernheiser
  • Patent number: 5457503
    Abstract: The pair of spectacles includes an eye-protecting piece with a transparent plate and two side plates, and a U-shaped frame member. Each of the side plates has an upper section with a top edge, an elongated notch extending downwardly from the top edge, and a plurality of parallel ridges projecting from an inner surface and defining a plurality of parallel grooves which extend between the notch and a free end portion thereof. The frame member has an elongated intermediate portion with two side portions. Each of the side portions has an inner surface formed with a hollow rectangular sleeve constituted by a first wall portion which extends perpendicularly from the side portion, a second wall portion spaced farther away from the intermediate portion than the first wall portion and extending perpendicularly from the side portion, and a third wall portion interconnecting the first and second wall portions. The third wall portion has a resilient projection extending toward the side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Jimmy Chen
  • Patent number: 5357292
    Abstract: In glasses, in particular industrial safety or sports glasses with an integral continuous sight piece and with inclination-adjustable side pieces articulated on a frame piece it is provided for the purpose of defined and reliable inclination-adjustment accompanied by the advantage of low-cost manufacturing that the sight piece has lateral backwards oriented appendixes formed in one piece with it and extending about in parallel to the wearer's head, that a frame piece with lateral appendixes is arranged along the upper edge of the sight piece surrounding the latter and the latter's appendixes, that the frame piece with the articulated side pieces is supported on the sight piece pivotably around a horizontal pivot axis, in that pins are arranged on the inside of each of the appendixes, that the pins engage with semicircular slits concentric of the pivot axis in the appendixes of the sight piece, wherein, to arrest the pins in certain angular positions of the slits, the latter are formed by a plurality of approx
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Uvex Safety, LLC
    Inventor: Klaus Wiedner
  • Patent number: 4187007
    Abstract: An eyeglass construction in which the separate lenses thereof are directly attached to a laterally extending brow bar includes a pair of rearwardly extending threaded posts adapted to pass through spaced openings in the upper peripheral portion of each lens whereby the lenses and brow bar are affixed to each other by nuts engaging said threaded posts, said openings and posts extending substantially perpendicular to the rear plane of each lens. Each of the posts is adapted to extend through a spacing bushing disposed between the opposed lens and brow bar surfaces such that the lenses and the brow bar are spaced away from each other, thus providing clearance between the lens and the brow bar, even at the point of maximum curvature of the lens. The length of the bushings may be modified such that varying lens curvatures may be facilitated and still maintained out of contact with the brow bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: Martin-Copeland Company
    Inventor: John R. Lauffer
  • Patent number: 4045131
    Abstract: Means in the shape and configuration of letters of the alphabet, words or animals adapted to be affixed to form eyeglass frames as an ornamental piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Inventor: Jack Sherman