# US 11,029,530 B2 · Eyeglasses with easy snap-on lenses

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- Number: US 11,029,530 B2
- Document ID: US11029530B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/312,269
- Filed: 2017-06-28
- Published: 2019-08-01
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-03
- Assignees: Clip Eyewear Limited
- Applicants: Clip Eyewear Limited
- Inventors: Frederic Frans Petrus Gooris
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029530B2

## CPC

- G02C 1/04: Bridge or browbar secured to or integral with partial rims, e.g. with partially-flexible rim for holding lens
- G02C 1/10: {Special mounting grooves in the rim or on the lens}
- G02C 5/008: {Spectacles frames characterized by their material, material structure and material properties}
- G02C 2200/08: Modular frames, easily exchangeable frame parts and lenses
- G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the first and second grooves comprise first and second notches respectively, and the first and second flanges comprise first and second knobs respectively, the first and second knobs are snugly fitted to the first and second notches respectively to attach the first and second lenses onto the frame.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the flange of the first lens is symmetrical to the flange of the second lens and the groove of the first lens is symmetrical to the groove of the second lens.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the eyeglass frame is made of material with some degree of elasticity, and the lenses attached to the eyeglass frame provide rigidity to the eyeglasses.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the lenses are released from the eye rims by applying a bending force on the eyeglass frame.