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US 11,029,530 B2Granted
Eyeglasses with easy snap-on lenses
AssigneeClip Eyewear Limited
InventorFrederic Frans Petrus Gooris
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pair of eyeglasses that can adapt to different vision needs in each eye and environments of different light intensity. The eyeglasses with easy snap-on lenses allow one to select individual lens of proper vision correction for each eye, and mount the lenses to the eyeglass frame with ease and without the use of any tool.
Claims5
Eyeglasses comprising an eyeglass frame, a pair of lenses and a releasable snap-on mechanism that attaches the pair of lenses onto the frame;
- wherein the frame comprises first and second eye rims, and the pair of lenses comprises first and second lenses;
- wherein the releasable snap-on mechanism comprises first and second grooves, and the first groove is located on the outer surface of the first eye rim, and the second groove is located on the outer surface of the second eye rim, wherein each of the grooves is facing away from a wearer when wearing the eyeglasses, and the releasable snap-on mechanism further comprises first and second flanges, and the first flange is protruding from a wearer facing side of the first lens, and the second flange is protruding from a wearer facing side of the second lens;
- wherein the first and second grooves and the first and second flanges are complementary respectively;
- wherein the first lens is attached to the first eye rim and the second lens is attached to the second eye rim by applying a pushing force on each lens to force the flange of each lens into the groove of each eye rim;
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- wherein the first and second grooves span entirely around perimeter of the first and second eye rims respectively, the first and second flanges span entirely around the perimeter of the first and second lenses respectively.
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