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US 2013/0258271 A1Published application
Sliding Frame
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsPeter Cazalet, Joseph John Hebenstreit
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Abstract
A band or frame for wearing on a person's head, as for example eyewear, is provided with a frame that has an inner frame member that is slidable relative to an outer frame element for stiffness or sizing adjustment of the band.
Claims24
A head-wearable frame, comprising:
- an outer u-shaped frame member of a first stiffness having formed thereon one of a channel or an element receivable in said channel;
- an inner flexible u-shaped frame member with a second stiffness different than that of said first stiffness, having the other of said channel or element receivable in said channel formed thereon;
- said inner and outer members being joined together in a sliding engagement with said element received in said channel, said flexible member being movable relative to said outer frame member to adjust stiffness of the frame.
Eyewear, comprising:
- a frame adapted to be secured to a wearer's head;
- an outer substantially rigid curved frame member having formed thereon one of a channel or an element receivable in said channel;
- an inner flexible curved frame member having the other of said channel or element receivable in said channel formed thereon;
- said inner and outer members being joined together in a sliding engagement with said element received in said channel, said flexible member being movable relative to said outer frame member to adjust fitting of the frame;
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- at least one lens element mounted to said frame.
3 more elements
A head-wearable frame, comprising:
- an outer frame member;
- an inner frame member;
- said inner and outer members being joined together with a mechanism that engages said inner and outer members in a sliding engagement to thereby adjust stiffness of the frame.
A head-wearable frame, comprising:
- an outer frame member;
- an inner frame member;
- a mechanism joining said inner and outer frame members in a sliding engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.