Eyeglasses with detachable bows

Abstract

An eyeglass frame for mounting a lens on a head of an intended user, the head defining a face. The eyeglass frame includes a lens receiving portion for supporting the lens, the lens receiving portion defining a lens receiving portion first surface and a substantially opposed lens receiving portion second surface, the lens receiving portion second surface being positionable substantially adjacent to the face of the intended user, the lens receiving portion defining a reference plane extending generally thereacross; an attachment section coupled to the lens receiving portion; and a bow releasably attachable to the attachment section, the bow including a substantially elongated main segment defining a longitudinal axis, the main segment further defining a main segment first end and a main segment second end substantially longitudinally opposed to the main segment first end; an auxiliary segment extending from the main segment for releasably interlocking with the attachment section upon a relative motion of the bow relatively to the attachment section along an insertion axis, the relative motion being generally oriented from the lens receiving portion first surface towards the lens receiving portion second surface. The lens receiving portion first surface and the auxiliary segment are both simultaneously at least in part visible when the bow is attached to the attachment section and the eyeglass frame is viewed from a direction substantially perpendicular to the reference plane and oriented towards the lens receiving portion first surface.

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