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Title: |
US4322138:
Support member for glasses frame, specially for use under helmet
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Minart, Francois; St. Germain-en-Laye, France

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Assignee: |
Essilor International Cie Generale d'Optique, Creteil Cedex, France
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Published / Filed: |
1982-03-30
/ 1980-02-21

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Application Number: |
US1980000123460

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A42B 3/04;
G02C 3/02;
G02C 9/00;
IPC-7:
G02C 3/00;
G02C 5/02;

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ECLA Code: |
G02C3/02; A42B3/04; A42B3/18B; G02C9/00;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/155;
351/133;
Original:
351/155;
351/133;

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Field of Search: |
351/155,158,121,133,134,135,106

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Priority Number: |

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Abstract: |
The invention relates to a support adapted to receive, in movable manner, a glasses frame portion and comprising for this purpose assembly means of the push-button type. According to the invention, these assembly means are integral with the support in question (which is a horizontal bar in the embodiment shown by way of example), being moulded in one piece therewith; they comprise a support plate drilled with a hole and a hinged retaining tab provided with a projecting lug which fits the hole. Application particularly to glasses for use in sports, worn under a helmet.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Brown, Charles E. ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Corbin, John K.; Bovernick, Rodney

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INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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First Claim:
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The embodiments of the invention, for which exclusive property rights or privileges are claimed, are defined as follows:
1. A support for an eyeglass frame front having a lug receiving aperture therein, said support having push-button assembly means in one piece molded construction with the support for mounting the eyeglass frame front on said support, said push-button assembly means comprising a support plate and a retaining tab, hinge means for hingedly mounting the retaining tab on said support plate for movement between a raised inoperative position and a lowered operative position, said retaining tab being spaced away from said support plate in said raised position and substantially parallel to said support plate in said lowered position, a selected one of said support plate and said retaining tab having a projecting lug and the non-selected one of said support plate and retaining tab having aperture means cooperable with said projecting lug in said lowered position of said retaining tab, said projecting lug also being adapted to extend through the lug receiving aperture in the eyeglass frame whereby upon closure of said assembly means through the lug receiving aperture of the eyeglass frame front the latter is secured on said support.

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