Folding eyeglasses
AssigneeLuxottica S.R.L.
InventorMoreno Dal Pont
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Abstract
Folding eyeglasses include a front which supports a pair of lenses and a pair of temples hinged to the front, each one of the temples has a proximal portion and a distal portion which are mutually hinged by a hinge. The hinge includes a multi jointed central body configured to allow a first 90° rotation of the distal portion of the temple and a further 90° rotation of the multi jointed central body with respect to the proximal portion of the temple, in order to arrange the proximal portion of the temple and the distal portion of the temple so that they are mutually parallel and superimposed.
Claims10
Folding eyeglasses, comprising a front which supports a pair of lenses and a pair of temples hinged to the front, each one of said temples comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion which are mutually hinged by a hinge, wherein said hinge comprises a multi-jointed central body configured to allow a first 90° rotation of the distal portion of the temple, and a further 90° rotation of the multi-jointed central body with respect to the proximal portion of the temple, in order to arrange the proximal portion of the temple and the distal portion of the temple so that they are mutually parallel and superimposed, wherein said multi-jointed central body of the hinge is interposed between said proximal portion and said distal portion of the temple by the interposition, at each side, of a slider, which is adapted to mate respectively with the proximal portion and with the distal portion of the temple by the interposition of a respective compression spring, said slider being adapted to slide respectively on said proximal portion and said distal portion of the temple and being configured to both slide and rotate with respect to said multi-jointed central body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.