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Title: |
US4391498:
Spectacle frame
[ Derwent Title ]

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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Rengstorff, Roy H.; Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1983-07-05
/ 1979-07-20

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Application Number: |
US1979000059923

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G02C 3/00;
G02C 5/00;
G02C 5/22;
IPC-7:
G02C 5/14;
G02C 5/22;

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ECLA Code: |
G02C5/00A; G02C3/00B; G02C5/14F; G02C5/22; G02C5/22B;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/121;
351/111;
351/153;
Original:
351/121;
351/153;
351/111;

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Field of Search: |
351/097,90,121,153,111,123
D02/234

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Government Interest: |
DEDICATORY CLAUSE
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

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Priority Number: |
| 1979-07-20 |
US1979000059923 |

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Abstract: |
A spectacle frame and method for providing eye protection during extreme physical activity through use of a spectacle frame comprising in combination rim means defining a pair of side-by-side viewing windows and having a recessed contoured bridge therebetween, temple yoke support means pivotally mounted to said rim means above and below each viewing window, and an expandable strap securing means connected to said temple yokes by means of slidable connector means which allow slidable adjustment of the angle of tilt of said frame relative to a wearer's face. In the preferred spectacle, the frame has a biconcave recessed bridge and the temple yokes are apertured to detachably mount on said rim means by snapping over temple pivot posts projecting upwardly and downwardly on said frame rim.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gapcynski, William G. ;
Bellamy, Werten F. W. ;
Petruncio, John M. ;

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

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Family: |
None

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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. An eye protective frame comprising:
- a. rim means defining a pair of spaced, side-by-side viewing windows and a bridge therebetween, said bridge adapted to engage the face of a wearer;
- b. temple yoke support means attached to said rim means both above and below said viewing windows and inboard of the outer extremities of said rim means opposite said bridge a distance sufficient to provide for close proximity to the temple contour of the wearer's head upon support of said rim means in position on the wearer's face; and
- c. securing means connected to said temple yoke support means for securing the frame to the wearer with said temple yoke support means in close proximity to the temple contour of the wearer's head.

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Forward References: |
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Foreign References: |
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Publication |
Date |
IPC Code |
Assignee |
Title |
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DE2448842
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1970-04 |
G02C 1/00
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Svennevig, Raija Marjatta, Helsinki
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Other References: |
On Sports, Optometric Management, Jun. 1979, pp. 87,89,91,93,95,97 and 101.
Problems with Optical Inserts in Military Protective Masks, Rengstorff, Military Medicine,, vol. 145, No. 5, May 1980 pp. 334, 337.
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