Eyewear with interchangeable ornament mounting system, ornament receiving system for eyewear and method of mounting ornaments to eyewear
Assignee9023-2349 Quebec Inc.
InventorsAlain LACHAMBRE, Sherrill NETTLETON
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Abstract
An eyewear is configured to receive at least one interchangeable ornament. The eyewear includes at least one temple arm having a cavity defined therein and at least one ornament receiving member configured to removably receive at least one ornament thereon. The at least one ornament receiving member is detachably engageable with one of the at least one temple arm and extends into the cavity of the at least one temple arm when connected thereto. An ornament receiving system is adapted for the eyewear. A method mounts at least one ornament to an eyewear are also disclosed.
Claims28
An eyewear comprising:
- at least one temple arm having a cavity defined therein;
- and
- at least one ornament receiving member detachably engageable with one of the at least one temple arm to removably receive at least one ornament thereon and extending into the cavity of the at least one temple arm and substantially parallel to the at least one temple arm when engaged therewith.
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An ornament receiving system for an eyewear having at least one temple arm with a cavity defined therein, the ornament receiving system comprising:
- at least one ornament receiving member detachably and threadably engageable with the at least one temple arm, the at least one ornament receiving member extending into the cavity of the at least one temple arm when engaged therewith;
- and
- at least one ornament removably engageable with the at least one ornament receiving member.
A method of mounting at least one ornament to an eyewear comprising a frame front and at least one temple arm with a cavity and an ornament receiving member detachably engaged therewith and extending in the cavity, the method comprising the steps of:
- disengaging the ornament receiving member from a respective one of the at least one temple arm;
- mounting the at least one ornament onto the ornament receiving member by inserting the ornament receiving member into an inner channel of the at least one ornament;
- and
- engaging the ornament receiving member with the respective one of the at least one temple arm.
An eyewear comprising:
- a frame front;
- at least one temple arm mounted to the frame front and comprising a pivoting axis;
- and
- at least one ornament receiving member detachably engageable with the at least one temple arm to removably receive at least one ornament thereon with the at least one ornament receiving member intersecting with the pivoting axis when engaged with the at least one temple arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.