Openable eyewear temple structure
AssigneeEuro Vision Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Fukuoka
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Abstract
An eyewear temple structure includes an attachment portion to be attached to a frame of an eyewear, and a temple attached to the attachment portion. The temple includes a housing having a hollow space therein, a front opening, a side opening, and a bump formed adjacent to the side opening. A guide member is slidably situated in the housing and includes a second projecting portion formed at one end to rotationally engage the attachment portion, and an abutment portion formed at the other end thereof. A compression coil spring is situated in the housing between the bump and the abutment portion to urge the guide member in a direction away from the bump. The temple is rotationally attached to the attachment portion through a resilient force of the coil spring.
Claims9
An eyewear temple structure comprising:
- an attachment portion to be attached to a frame of an eyewear and having a first projecting portion with a hole therein;
- a temple to be attached to the attachment portion and including a housing having a hollow space therein, a front opening formed at a front side of the housing, a side opening communicating with the hollow space, and a bump formed adjacent to the side opening in the hollow space;
- a guide member situated in the hollow space to slide along a longitudinal direction of the temple, and including a second projecting portion having a hole and formed at one end to project from the housing to rotationally engage the first projecting portion, and an abutment portion formed at the other end hereof;
- a compression coil spring situated in the housing between the bump and the abutment portion to urge the guide member in a direction away from the bump so that the temple is rotationally attached to the attachment portion through a resilient force of the coil spring;
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- a cover member attached to the housing to close the front opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.