Eyewear and flexible elements
AssigneeMaterialise N.V.
InventorsPaulus Ludovicus Maria Groenewege, Roman Plaghki, Philippe Schiettecatte
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to eyewear, such as eyeglasses, configured for receiving a hose, such as a medical gas therapy hose. The eyewear comprises flexible elements and a groove defined in and extending through the flexible elements and other parts of the eyewear. The present disclosure further relates to a flexible element, such as a hinge, which may be used in eyewear to enable bending of parts of the eyewear. An exemplary embodiment of the flexible element is a hinge having a plurality of repeating units.
Claims16
Eyewear configured for receiving a hose, comprising:
- a first rim and a second rim;
- a first temple piece operatively coupled to the first rim;
- a second temple piece operatively coupled to the second rim;
- wherein the first temple piece and the second temple piece are operatively coupled to the first rim and the second rim, respectively, by first and second flexible elements each having a spine and a plurality of ribs, and
- wherein the eyewear comprises a first groove defined in and extending through the first rim, the plurality of ribs of the first flexible element, and the first temple piece, wherein the first groove is defined in an inner surface of the first temple piece adjacent the first flexible element, and
- wherein the eyewear comprises a second groove defined in and extending through the second rim, the plurality of ribs of the second flexible element, and the second temple piece, wherein the second groove is defined in an inner surface of the second temple piece adjacent the second flexible element, wherein at least one of the plurality of ribs of the first flexible element or the plurality of ribs of the second flexible element is configured to form an open channel that is a part of at least one of the first groove or the second groove.
Eyewear configured for receiving a hose, comprising:
- a first rim and a second rim;
- a first temple piece operatively coupled to the first rim;
- a second temple piece operatively coupled to the second rim;
- wherein the first temple piece and the second temple piece are operatively coupled to the first rim and the second rim, respectively, by first and second flexible elements,
- the first and second flexible elements each comprising at least one of a spine and a plurality of ribs, mutually hinging or interlocking parts, and a plurality of repeating units operatively connected to one another, and
- wherein the eyewear comprises a first groove defined in and extending through the first rim, the first flexible element, and the first temple piece, wherein the first groove is defined in an inner surface of the first temple piece adjacent the first flexible element, and
- wherein the eyewear comprises a second groove defined in and extending through the second rim, the second flexible element, and the second temple piece, wherein the second groove is defined in an inner surface of the second temple piece adjacent the second flexible element, wherein at least one of the first flexible element or the second flexible element is configured to form an open channel that is a part of at least one of the first groove or the second groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.