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US 2012/0057120 A1Published application
Nosepad connector for eyewear
AssigneeOakley, Inc.
InventorSteve Ogren
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to eyewear, and more particularly, to a nosepiece for an eyeglass frame configured to avoid entanglement or interference with external objects while raising or lowering the eyewear to or from a viewing position.
Claims20
A nosepiece for eyewear, comprising:
- a nosepiece pad comprising a receiving portion;
- a pad support, comprising:
- a first strut with a downwardly concave portion, the first strut configured for attachment to a first portion of an eyewear;
- a second strut with an upwardly concave portion, the second strut configured for attachment to a second portion of an eyewear;
- a pad support member attached to the first and second struts, the pad support member being configured to contact the receiving portion of the nosepiece pad and wrap around at least a portion of the nosepiece pad.
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An eyewear configured to avoid entanglement or interference with other objects while moving the eyewear into or out of the viewing position, the eyewear comprising:
- an eyewear face comprising optical viewing zones;
- a resilient pad with upper and lower ends;
- a curvilinear first strut extending from the eyewear face to the pad, wherein the vertical distance between the highest point on the first strut and the lowest point of the pad is approximately equal to or less than the horizontal distance between a rear surface of the eyewear face and the pad;
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- a curvilinear second strut extending from the eyewear face to the pad, wherein the vertical distance between the lowest point on the second strut and the highest point on the pad is approximately equal to or less than the horizontal distance between a rear surface of the eyewear face and the pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.