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 Title: |
US4564272:
Eyeglasses with interchangeable parts
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Rinnooy Kan, Edmond A.; New York, NY 10013
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-01-14
/ 1983-03-18
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| Application Number: |
US1983000476540
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G02C 5/00;
G02C 5/14;
G02C 11/02;
IPC-7:
G02C 5/16;
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| ECLA Code: |
G02C5/14F; G02C5/00B; G02C5/10; G02C11/02; S02C200/08;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/153;
016/228;
016/385;
351/116;
Original:
351/153;
351/116;
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| Field of Search: |
351/114,116,117,153,115,118,121,111,110
016/228
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| Priority Number: |
| 1983-03-18 |
US1983000476540 |
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| Abstract: |
Eyeglasses have a quick disconnect unit including temples insertable through apertures in the frame and detachably affixed thereto by a sleeve mounted on the portion of the temple extending beyond the frame. Earpieces could be detachably maintained to the stem part of the temple by a mated sleeve connection. A temple to frame hinge is provided by a flexible tubular material.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kane, Dalsimer, Kane, Sullivan and Kurucz ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bovernick, Rodney B.; Dzierzynski, P. M.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. Eyeglasses having parts that are quickly and easily interchangeable comprising:
- a lens frame
- a left temple piece comprising a stem portion attached to a left side of the lens frame and a right temple piece comprising a stem portion attached to a right side of the lens frame,
- means for detachably maintaining each temple piece to the lens frame, so that by manually pulling each temple piece the temple piece is detached from its connection with the lens frame and a subsequent manual application of force may be used to reattach each temple piece to the lens frame wherein the means for detachably maintaining each temple end to the lens frame comprises:
- a seat means connected to the temple, and abutting the frame, a rod connected to the seat means and extending through an aperture in the frame and beyond the plane of the frame; and an elastic sleeve friction fitted to the portion of the rod that extends beyond the plane of the frame so that the sleeve abuts the frame, and so that the sleeve is detachably maintained to the rod.
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