Rimless Mounting Patents (Class 351/110)
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Patent number: 7553016Abstract: A lens for spectacles is described which is delimited by a first and a second lens surface which are spaced apart from and located opposite each other, the first surface being arranged to face towards the inner side of the spectacles, near the face of the user when the spectacles are worn, the second opposite surface facing towards the opposite outer side of the spectacles, first cross-sectional curves being defined on the lens by the intersection of the first and second lens surfaces with a plane which is transverse to the lens and intersects a straight line joining the eyes of the user, in which the first cross-sectional curves have negative curvature with the concavity directed towards the outer side of the spectacles.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Safilo Societa Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.p.A.Inventor: Massimiliano Tabacchi
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Patent number: 7553015Abstract: A description is given of spectacles including at least one lens, at least one lug for the articulation of an arm of the spectacles, which lug is connected directly to the lens, and at least one hinge device between the lug and the arm for the articulation of the arm, wherein the at least one hinge device is accommodated at least partially inside a first opening formed in the thickness of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Safilo Societa Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione OcchialiInventor: Tabacchi Vittorio
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Patent number: 7543930Abstract: An adaptor to be affixed to an eyeglass lens and received in an eyeglass frame, to facilitate the fitting and replacement of various shapes of lenses into a variety of eyeglass frames, particularly, rimless and partial rim frames, wing frames, three-piece frames and frames with complex shapes.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Liberty Sport, Inc.Inventor: Carmine S. DiChiara
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Publication number: 20090109394Abstract: The invention relates to eyeglasses of the rimless type comprising a bridge interconnecting the two eyeglass lenses, and two side branches of wire structure connected to respective side zones of the corresponding lenses, each side branch having a main portion together with a distal end extending said main portion and arranged to fasten to the side zone of the lens, said distal end being generally J-shaped. In accordance with the invention, each side branch is fitted with a hinge that is arranged so that the section and the profile of the side branch in its deployed position are generally continuous, thereby enabling it to pass through a through hole in the lens so as to enable said side branch to be put into place merely by being threaded, while in its deployed position, through the lens from its front face.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: MINIMAInventor: Jean-Claude Perie
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Publication number: 20090051866Abstract: An adaptor to be affixed to an eyeglass lens and received in an eyeglass frame, to facilitate the fitting and replacement of various shapes of lenses into a variety of eyeglass frames, particularly, rimless and partial rim frames, wing frames, three-piece frames and frames with complex shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventor: Carmine S. DiChiara
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Publication number: 20090021690Abstract: Eyewear comprises a lens. The lens comprises a viewing portion and a connecting portion. The lens comprises a peripheral surface. The viewing portion of the lens is defined inside of the peripheral surface of the lens and the connecting portion of the lens is defined outside of the peripheral surface of the lens. The connecting portion of the lens comprises a mounting bore. An eyewear frame member covers at least a portion of the connecting portion of the lens and an eyewear frame connecting member extends through a portion of the eyewear frame member and into the mounting bore of the connecting portion of the lens such that the eyewear frame member is secured to the connecting portion of the lens by the eyewear frame connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Ira S. Lerner, Reniel Agusto
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Patent number: 7472990Abstract: An assembly of a glasses frame and two legs provides a tool-free, self-assembly and most secured frame-leg attachment contributed by a three-dimensional frame-leg contact structure, which is created by a mortise-tenon contact plane, as well as a protruding piece embedded therein. The mortise-tenon contact plane is formed by a frame tenon extending from the side of a frame, and flexibly received in a corresponding leg mortise on the upper end of the leg. The frame tenon is further refined into two planes of different sizes to enhance the stability of frame-leg attachment.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Inventor: Joy Chen
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Patent number: 7458680Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses includes a lens unit, a pair of temples, and a pair of connectors. The lens unit has opposite end portions and opposite front and rear surfaces, and is formed with a pair of apertures respectively in the end portions. Each temple has a front end connected to a respective one of the end portions of the lens unit. Each connector includes a coupling provided on the front end of a respective one of the temples and aligned with the aperture in the respective one of the end portions of the lens unit, and a clasp having a pair of legs inserted through the aperture in a respective end portion of the lens unit, that abut against the rear surface of the respective end portion of the lens unit, and that sandwich the coupling therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Inventor: Yu-Chih Cheng
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Patent number: 7422321Abstract: An eyewear structure combinable with an accessory glasses unit comprises a main glasses unit and an accessory glasses unit each having assembly bores drilled at a bridge thereon wherein attracting elements with insert grooves and attracted elements with insert rod are respectively combined with magnetic elements and embedded to the assembly bores of the main and accessory glasses units. Via the magnetism generated by the magnetic elements, the attracting and attracted elements can be magnetically attached to one another to obtain magnetic and insert positioning effects so that the accessory glasses unit can be stably clipped onto the main glasses unit thereby. Besides, each glass of the main glasses unit has a restricting hole drilled thereon to fit to a restricting protrusion of a temple hinge so that the temple hinge can be firmly located onto the glass and restrained in movement, facilitating easy and fast assembly and manufacturing thereby.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Inventor: Fu-Yen Wang
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Patent number: 7416298Abstract: Methods and apparatus for coupling lenses and frames, and eyeglasses, are provided in which a flexible washer (34) is compressed to engage a lens (16).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Inventor: Tri Khai Tran
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Publication number: 20080198323Abstract: A pair of rimless spectacles includes two lenses, a frame including two temple units and a bridge, and a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism includes a plurality of first connectors spacedly provided at the lenses at a predetermined location and a plurality of second connectors provided at a predetermined location of each of the temple units and the bridge respectively, wherein the second connectors are coupled with the first connectors respectively to couple the temple units at two outer sides of the lenses respectively and to couple the bridge between two inner sides of the lenses respectively in a tool-less manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventor: Yu SIU
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Publication number: 20080186446Abstract: An apparatus includes, a drilling tool forming a hole through a lens; an inclining unit inclining the drilling tool; an inputting unit for selecting an input screen in which hole position data referring to a lens front surface is input or an input screen in which hole position data referring to a lens rear surface is input; a setting unit setting an angle of the hole; a measuring unit measuring the lens surface in a direction of a lens chuck shaft; and a controller that, when a reference surface referred by the input hole position data is the lens surface other than the lens surface from which the drilled is performed, measures the other lens surface and obtains data for drilling which defines that the hole passes through a hole position on the other lens surface and has the set angle based on the input hole position data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyoji TAKEICHI
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Patent number: 7404635Abstract: A method is provided for securely holding a spectacle lens. Without using screwing members such as a screw and a nut, and extra parts such as a bush, a cylindrical pin and a slip-off preventive pin, a spectacle lens can surely be held. A taper pin is provided projecting on a lens holding member for holding a spectacle lens, and a taper hole having approximately the same size as the taper pin is provided on the spectacle lens. The taper pin is directly press-fitted into the taper hole, thereby holding the spectacle lens by a press-contact between an inner circumferential surface of the taper hole and an outer circumferential surface of the taper pin. The taper pin is press-fitted in a thickness direction of the spectacle lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventor: Yasushi Sakai
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Patent number: 7320516Abstract: There is described an apparatus and a fixture used in determining position and for producing assembling holes in a spectacle lens for rimless spectacles. The assembling holes are intended for receiving a U-shaped bracket which is used in fastening bridge and side bar hinge. The apparatus and fixture includes interacting guide pins and guide holes. These guide holes/pins are unambiguously disposed. The guide holes will preferably be placed symmetrically in relation to a hole center line for the lens, when this is placed in the fixation opening of the fixture with the hole center line disposed opposite to markings at the fixation opening. The assembling holes are thus placed symmetrically in relation to the marking. By such a system it is possible to make rimless spectacles that appear very accurate, without special skilled qualifications on the part of the optician to make assembling holes in the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Lindberg A/SInventors: Flemming Kroman, Lars Bøjvad Jensen
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Patent number: 7293872Abstract: Systems and methods of connecting components of eyeglasses or other brittle structures are disclosed. Fasteners such as screws can have compressible elements between them and a glass structure, for example, to disperse force and deter fracturing of the glass. Compressible elements can also conform to irregular cavities and surfaces to improve connections between components.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Inventors: Steve Ogren, Carlos Reyes
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Patent number: 7264348Abstract: The invention relates to spectacles of the rimless-type, comprising a bridge interconnecting two lenses, and two side arms that are hinge-less wire structures suitable for flexing. According to the invention, each side arm presents a distal end arranged to fasten to the side zone of the corresponding lens, said distal end being substantially J-shaped, with a long portion passing through a through bore in the lens, with a pliable clamping plug being interposed that holds the distal end in place, and an anti-pivot short portion extending backwards and passing into an outwardly-open side notch, without clamping the lens between said long portion and said short portion, the central portion that interconnects the long portion and the short portion extending close to the front face of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: MinimaInventor: Jean-Claude Perie
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Patent number: 7261410Abstract: A pair of frameless eyeglasses includes a lens and two buckle members respectively and releasably mounted to two sides of the lens. Two hook members extend outward from each side of the lens. Each hook member includes a hook. Ea buckle member includes a compartment for receiving the hook members on an associated one of the sides of the lens. Each buckle member further includes two lateral sides. A slot is defined in each lateral side of each buckle member and in communication with the compartment. Each hook member is received in the compartment of an associated one of the buckle members, and each hook is releasably engaged with an edge defining an associated one of the slots.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Chih-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 7249844Abstract: A method is provided for securely holding a spectacle lens. Without using screwing members such as a screw and a nut, and extra parts such as a bush, a cylindrical pin and a slip-off preventive pin, a spectacle lens can surely be held. A taper pin is provided projecting on a lens holding member for holding a lens and a taper hole having approximately the same size as the taper pin is provided on the spectacle lens. The taper pin is directly press-fitted into the taper hole, thereby holding the spectacle lens by a press-contact between an inner circumferential surface of the taper hole and an outer circumferential surface of the taper pin. The taper pin is press-fitted in a thickness direction of the spectacle lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventor: Yasushi Sakai
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Patent number: 7232215Abstract: The invention is directed to a reinforced nose bridge structure, eyeglasses employing the reinforced nose bridge structure, and methods of making reinforced nose bridge structures and eyeglasses. A reinforced nose bridge structure includes an elongated body and a wire extending along the body for most of its length. The ends of the wire project from the body to form a pair of spaced-apart nose pad supports. Respective nose pads are mounted at the ends of the wire forming the nose pad supports. The nose bridge may be attached directly to eyeglass lenses or to complete or partial frames for the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Smith Sport Optics, Inc.Inventors: Joseph R. McNeal, George T. Giroux
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Patent number: 7182458Abstract: Systems and methods of connecting components of eyeglasses or other brittle structures are disclosed. Fasteners such as screws can have compressible elements between them and a glass structure, for example, to disperse force and deter fracturing of the glass. Compressible elements can also conform to irregular cavities and surfaces to improve connections between components.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Inventors: Steve Ogren, Carlos Reyes
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Patent number: 7117990Abstract: A credit card modularized set having a flexible stow envelope for receiving a companion nose-clasping type reading glasses, with a length and width approximately that of a conventional credit card; wherein as the set is stacked within a group of conventional credit cards, no portion of the set is substantially protrusive nor recessive of the stacked group. The reading glasses component has a special beam bridge portion having a square cross-sectional shape thereby affording maximum torsional resistance for its diminutive size plus a laterally tapering cross section evenly distributing any imposed bending loads. The modularized set has a minimal thickness enabling its user to slip the set conveniently within the user's wallet modularly among the user's credit cards for ready availability.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: SoirtRX, Inc.Inventor: Richard L. Sarif
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Patent number: 7090346Abstract: Eyeglasses have a lens member, a frame member and two temples. The lens member includes opposite front and rear lens surfaces, two through holes at left and right ends of the lens member, and an insert hole disposed between the through holes. The frame member includes a middle frame portion abutting against the front lens surface of the lens member, two retaining frame portions formed respectively on left and right ends of the middle frame portion and extending respectively through the through holes in the lens member, and an insert bar extending rearwardly from the middle frame portion and inserted into the insert hole in the lens member. The retaining frame portions abut against the rear lens surface of the lens member. The temples extend respectively and rearwardly from the retaining frame portions of the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Inventor: Chiang-Tung Tsai
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Patent number: 7086733Abstract: The spectacle frame has two branches each suitable to be mounted on one distinct from two organic lenses by one of its ends forming a hinge and a bridge suitable to be mounted between the two lenses, a portion of the branches and/or of the bridge including an attachment element penetrating into a blind hole made in the edge of the lenses and bonded in place by an adhesive. The attachment element affects only one point of the edge and is formed of a tongue having a zone intended to penetrate into the blind hole, the penetration zone being of polygonal cross section and including at least one relief for anchoring in the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Inventor: Robert Bac
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Patent number: 7073903Abstract: Spectacles comprise a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment which comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventor: Klaus Rapp
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Patent number: 7066594Abstract: A rimless eyewear has a symmetrical placement of components about a bridge (2). The bridge (2) is attached directly to a peripheral edge (3) of a left lens (4) and a right lens (5) by a welding technique. Likewise, end-pieces (6) and (7) are attached directly to the peripheral edge (3) of the lenses (4) and (5) on either side. A left temple-piece (8) is attached to the left end-piece (6), and a separate right temple-piece (9) is attached to the right end-piece (7) by a mechanical means such as by hinges, pins, screws or brackets.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: ORB Eyewear, Inc.Inventor: Jacob Loniak
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Patent number: 7059716Abstract: An apparatus is described for fastening a constructional element (1) to a spectacle lens (2) with a butt end (8) of a constructional element (1) which overlaps the lens edge, with two parallel fastening pins (4) which project from the butt end (8) and form annular enlargements (5) which are barb-like in their cross section, and with plastic sleeves (6) which can be inserted into bores in the spectacle lens (2) and form a head overlapping the edge of the bore and in which the fastening pins (4) engage in an interlocking way under deformation of the sleeve wall from the side of the bore opposite of the heads.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Silhouette International Schmied AGInventor: Rupert Spindelbalker
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Patent number: 7048373Abstract: To manufacture rimless eyeglasses without soldering the parts and to make the assembling easy, a bridge and two joint pieces are provided by cutting or punching a piece of metal sheet into a required flat shape. The bridge comprises a crossbar having two pin-like extensions, two press-fitting extensions and two leg extensions integrally connected to the opposite ends of the crossbar. The pin-like extensions have saw-tooth indentations formed on their surfaces, and the leg extensions end with hooks for fixedly holding nose pads. Each joint piece has a pin-like extension with saw-tooth indentations formed on its surface and a press-fitting extension. Each lens has a through hole and a notch made on either side. Each through hole has a flanged sleeve press-fitted therein, and the pin-like extensions of the bridge and joint pieces are inserted into the flanged sleeves in the through holes of the lenses, and the press-fitting extensions of the bridge and joint pieces are inserted into the notches of the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Inada Project Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jitsuko Yamaguchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7048372Abstract: Apparatus 10 for modular eyeglasses having a plurality of lens members 14 that can be selectively mounted to a frame member 12. The frame member 12 has the typical temples 16 and a crossbar 18 with an interdisposed bridge 20. The bridge 20 is formed of pad arms and nose pads 36 depending from a mounting having a magnetic element 22 fixed within the top mounting surface with a pair of apertures 28 spaced away from each side of the magnet. The frame 12 provides means whereby a number of lens members 14, such as reading lenses, distance lenses and sunblock lenses can be easily mounted to a single frame. A lens member 14 is comprised of a pair of lenses 34 with holes drilled in them for attachment at 32 to a flanged lens platform 30. The platform 30 has a mating magnetic element 24 with posts 26 located on each side of the magnet linearly conforming to the distance between the frame housing apertures 28.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Inventor: Haim Cohen
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Patent number: 7048374Abstract: An auxiliary spectacle apparatus is provided wherein auxiliary lenses have a elastic clips configured in the shape of a half arch for releasably engaging the primary spectacles.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Inventor: Dave Ng
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Patent number: 7040752Abstract: A set of eyeglasses that are in the form of rimless drill mounted eyeglasses wherein the eyeglass lenses have through bores on the outer edges for accommodating regions of the bridge or the temples. These temple wires can comprise an element of the temple hinge. In this case, the ends of the bridge and the ends of the temples or frame elements are supposed to be attached so that they can hardly be perceived. This design is achieved so that each through bore for the bridge or temple elements has two additional through bores assigned to it for passing through a plastic filament that fixes these elements in place in the eyeglass lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Dr. Eugen Beck GmbH & Co.Inventor: Helmut Haverkamp
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Patent number: 7029115Abstract: Eyeglasses including a lens, a connector and a bow. The connector is connected to the lens and includes an attachment section extending substantially outwardly from the lens. The bow includes a main segment defining a longitudinal axis and an auxiliary segment defining an auxiliary axis, the auxiliary axis extending generally inwardly towards the lens. The auxiliary segment releasably interlocks and engages the attachment section upon the relative motion of the bow upon an insertion axis, the insertion axis being angled at 45° or less with respect to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Inventor: Michael Toulch
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Patent number: 7011407Abstract: A spectacle set includes a primary spectacle and a detachable shelter frame detachably mounting in front of the primary spectacle. The primary spectacle includes a weldingless bridge including a bridge body having two side portions, two lens holding arms integrally and sidewardly extended from the two side portions of the bridge body to couple with two inner sides of the lenses respectively, two nose supporting arms integrally and rearwardly extended from the two side portions of the bridge body, and two nose pieces securely coupling with two free ends of the nose supporting arms respectively. The detachable shelter frame includes a shelter bridge extended between two inner sides of two shelter lenses and a mounting arrangement rearwardly extended from the shelter bridge to detachably mount on the weldingless bridge so as to detachably mount the detachable shelter frame in front of the primary spectacle.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Inventor: Yiling Xie
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Patent number: 7011405Abstract: A flexible glasses frame comprises two bundles of soft pull rope set up on outboard of two lens respectively, each bundle of soft pull rope should include at least one piece of soft pull rope. At least two tail nail should be fixed on the end of rope which is far away from lens. The leg of eyeglasses is made of soft material, assorted with various parts, assembled as new type of glasses temple, posses strong points of simple production, low cost, convenient assembling, portable convenience, lightness and small, closely cling to head shape of wearer and etc. Length of the leg can be adjusted to best size as per different head shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Inventor: Hongbiao Chen
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Patent number: 7011402Abstract: Eyeglasses of the invention include a pair of inner lenses, a nose bridge connecting the inner lenses, and at least one fastener means comprising a lens portion inserted into an opening defined by an inner lens. The lens portion connects with an end portion suited for attachment to a leg connected with an outer lens overlying one of the inner lenses. The end portion preferably comprises a material attracted to a magnet. In a preferred embodiment, a support arm extends laterally between the support arm and the end portion. Combination eyeglasses of the invention include a pair of outer lenses covering exterior surface portions of the inner lenses. The outer lenses include at least one rearwardly extending leg having a back portion connecting with a ferrous metal end portion. The back portion preferably includes a permanent magnet. In a preferred embodiment the eyeglasses also include end pieces attached to the inner lenses and supporting temples.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Inventor: Samuel R. Shapiro
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Patent number: 6994434Abstract: The eyewear described comprises a lens having, at opposite lateral sides thereof, a pair of detachable ear stems which are adapted to move from an inwardly folded position to an outwardly ear contacting position. The lens displays, at each lateral side, an opening and a stem connecting portion that defines a hinge element forming an integral part of the lens. The proximal end portion of the ear stem defines a U-shaped recess which is engageable with the hinge element. The recess is formed by a pair of resilient branches which, together with a constriction at the entry of the recess, enables a snap-in engagement and a snap-out disengagement of the ear stem to and from the lens. No additional component is required for this three-piece eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corp.Inventors: Luc Blanchette, Martin Pernicka
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Patent number: 6955431Abstract: A lens holding structure for brackets of frameless spectacles includes a bracket which has a bolt extended therefrom with an axial key way formed thereon and a holder which has a screw hole on one end with an axial jutting key to couple with the key way, and an arm on another end thereof. The lens is held on the ends by one end of the bracket and one side of the arm. The bracket and the arm have respectively a clamping section. One or all of the clamping sections has a coarse means. Thus the holder may be moved by turning a nut coupled on the bolt to clamp the lens steadily between the bracket and the holder without drilling coupling holes on the lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Optiunion Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shao-Chang Tang
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Patent number: 6905205Abstract: A lens fixing apparatus for rimless spectacles includes a holder combined to the temple of the rimless spectacles or one side of the bridge. Both surfaces of the lens are compressively fixed along the inner circumference thereof, and a fixing frame has a compression surface. The rear surface of the lens contacts the front surface of the fixing frame and the rear surface of the fixing frame has a slanted surface formed thereon, the thickness thereof gradually increasing as it extends outwardly. The fixing frame has an elongated hole of a predetermined length formed through the surface opposing the lens, longitudinally along the compression surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2002Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Inventors: Hyoung Sik Kim, Bong Joo Cho
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Patent number: 6896367Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly structure of rimless eyeglasses capable of ensuring fixing between lenses and a bridge, and fixing between the lenses and temple connectors with no gap, and of minimizing break of the lenses by shock. The assembly structure of rimless eyeglasses for assembling the bridge and the temple connectors to the lenses includes: locking pin slits and bolt holes formed in the lenses; locking pins and bolts formed on the bridge and the temple connectors, the locking pins and the bolts being inserted and fit into the locking pin slits and the bolt holes of the lenses; support pads respectively having two holes and being fit on the locking pins and the bolts through the holes thereof to hold the locking pins and the bolts integrally; and nuts being fit and fastened to the bolts.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Eureka Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chung Be Sohn
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Patent number: 6889412Abstract: A new method of producing central bridge and support arms for spectacles where no welding is required, and no screws were needed to secure lenses to frame. Protruding members on end portion of central bridge are formed, together with the bridge itself, when cut out by a wire-cutting means. Fitting lenses to spectacle frame requires pressing capping pieces into the protruding members having ratchet-like teeth to receive and secure the lenses in place. Durability of spectacle frames is enhanced as a result of no temperature change to the elasticity of the frame material.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Inventor: Yiling Xie
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Patent number: 6877855Abstract: A spectacle apparatus is provided wherein the bridge and sidearms are attached to the lenses of the apparatus using pin-like projections received in blind holes formed in the edge surface of the lenses and a support line inserted in a groove formed in the edge surface of each lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Inventor: Dave Ng
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Patent number: 6863396Abstract: A pair of screwless eyeglasses includes a lens assembly, two connecting rods, and two temples. The connecting rods extend respectively through two front slots in the lens assembly, and are inserted respectively into two rear slots in the temples. Two front stop units are connected respectively and fixedly to front end portions of the connecting rods, and abut respectively against two rear stop units fixed respectively within the front slots so as to prevent rearward removal of the connecting rods from the front slots. When the connecting rods rotate respectively about the front stop units toward each other so as to extend respectively through two notches in the lens assembly, the temples abut against each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Aswan International Corp.Inventor: Jimmy Chen
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Patent number: 6860597Abstract: Eyewear comprising a first and a second lens and a support frame for the lenses having a first and a second lateral arm and a bridge. The lateral arms and/or bridge are connected to the corresponding lenses by a respective portion for attachment made of metal wire, which has a first longitudinal insertion portion, inserting in a first through hole provided within the respective lens, and a second longitudinal portion, which is inserted in a second hole provided in the lens. The attachment portion further comprises a first transverse portion which extends bent from the first longitudinal portion downstream of the hole for the insertion thereof, and wherefrom the second longitudinal insertion portion extends bent in the through hole. The first longitudinal insertion portion is also integral with a transversely bent portion which bears against the lens on the side opposite to the first transverse portion, co-operating therewith to the secure retaining of the corresponding lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Inventor: Roberto Carlon
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Patent number: 6843561Abstract: An eyeglass assembly comprises a lens and a frame member. One of the lens and the frame member has a recess formed in it which has a generally constant cross-section when viewed from one end along at least part of its length. The recess is defined by a pair of opposed arms with reentrant portions at their ends which define a longitudinal opening between them extending along at least part of the length of the recess, and it has an opening at one end. The other of the lens and the frame member bears a head portion. The recess and the head portion are configured so that the head portion can be fitted into the recess by sliding it through the opening at the said end of the recess, and so that the head portion is prevented by the reentrant portions of the arms from being withdrawn from the recess through the longitudinal opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Beta Group, Inc.Inventor: John Krumme
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Patent number: 6834954Abstract: The invention provides spectacles of the type without a surround, comprising a bridge interconnecting two lenses, and two hinged side arms, each side arm being mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis that is oblique, between a deployed position for use and a folded position against the inside surfaces of the lenses. In accordance with the invention, each side arm is connected to the corresponding lens via a hinge link of one-piece structure, said link having an inner portion fixed against the inside surface of the lens and prevented from turning relative thereto, and an outer portion offset laterally from said lens, with said side arm being hinged to the back of said outer portion via a terminal eyelet of the side arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: MinimaInventors: Jean-Claude Perie, Hervé Tiberghien, Robert Dalex
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Patent number: 6827439Abstract: An improved structure of the rimless eyeglasses includes a pair of lenses each having a pair of connection pieces respectively stuck on the outer and inner edges. The connection pieces each has a sticky surface toward the lenses and pair of protrudent screw hole spacedly formed on outer surface. A bridge having a pair coupling plates at two end engaged with the protrudent screw holes of the connection pieces and secured by screws. A pair of L-shaped temples each has a coupling plate on the end of its transverse portion and engaged with the connection pieces on outer edge of the lenses and secured by screws. The character is that the connection pieces are removable and for adjusting the focus and the horizontal line of the eyeglasses in order to fit the eyes and the face of a wearer and saves the cost to buy a new one.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Inventor: Lee-Tsung Chen
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Publication number: 20040233381Abstract: A lens fixing apparatus for rimless spectacles is provided in which each lens is fixed to each temple of the spectacles or a bridge, without rims. The lens fixing apparatus includes a holder combined to the temple of the rimless spectacles or one side of the bridge, in which both surfaces of the lens are compressively fixed along the inner circumference, and a fixing frame having a compression surface which is extensively formed perpendicularly in the middle portion of the holder, in which the rear surface of the lens contacts the front surface of the fixing frame, a slanted surface formed in the rear surface of the holder, whose thickness is gradually increased as it becomes farther from the holder, and a long hole of a predetermined length formed on the surface opposing the lens, along the lengthy direction of the compression surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Hyoung Sik Kim, Bong Joo Cho
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Publication number: 20040223114Abstract: A rimless frame system and method is provided to address among other things durability and quality control issues of conventional rimless eyewear designs involved with connection of temples and bridges with lenses of the rimless eyewear. The rimless frame system includes tapered caps that are threaded onto pins located on the temples and on the bridge. As the tapered caps are tightened onto the pins they radially expand sleeves that in turn apply radial forces to inner surfaces of holes properly positioned in the eyewear lenses. These radial forces between the sleeves and the inner surfaces of the lenses holes affix the temples and the bridge to the lenses of the rimless eyewear.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2003Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: Altair EyewearInventor: Young Ho Park
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Patent number: 6808261Abstract: A rimless frame system and method is provided to address among other things durability control issues of conventional rimless eyewear designs involved with connection of temples and bridges with lenses of the rimless eyewear. The rimless frame system includes tapered caps that are threaded onto pins located on the temples and on the bridge. As the tapered caps are tightened onto the pins they radially expand sleeves that in turn apply radial forces to inner surfaces of holes properly positioned in the eyewear lenses. These radial forces between the sleeves and the inner surfaces of the lenses holes affix the temples and the bridge to the lenses of the rimless eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Altair EyewearInventor: Young Ho Park
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Patent number: 6805441Abstract: This invention describes rimless eyewear constructed entirely without the use of adhesives or the need for mechanical attachments within the viewing aperture of the lens to attach eyewear components such as the bridge and endpieces to the lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Inventor: Jacob R Loniak
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Publication number: 20040183995Abstract: In the case of eyeglasses, particularly rimless, drill-mount eyeglasses (1), whereby the eyeglass lenses (2) are provided with through-bores (3) on the outer edges for accommodating regions of the bridge (5) or of the temples that comprise an element (6) of the temple hinge (8), the ends of the bridge, on the one hand, and of the temples or frame elements, on the other hand, are supposed to be attached in such a manner that they can hardly be perceived optically.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventor: Helmut Haverkamp