Flexible nose piece for eyewear
AssigneeBrent Sheldon
InventorsBrent Sheldon, Thomas Rouayroux, Antoine Dallaire
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Abstract
A flexible nose piece structure for eyewear according to one embodiment, includes a base structure having a pair of nose piece bodies defining grooves on the respective front end and outer side thereof. The nose piece structure further includes a soft and flexible comfort piece having a pair of nose pads attached to an inner side and filling elements received in the grooves of the respective nose piece bodies. Therefore, the nose piece structure provides comfort and multiple flexibilities for self-adjustment while maintaining enough rigidity to provide a stable configuration.
Claims16
A flexible nose piece structure for eyewear, comprising:
- a base structure including a connector for attachment to a frame structure of the eyewear and a pair of nose piece bodies divergently and downwardly extending from the connector to a bottom end of the respective nose piece bodies, each of the nose piece bodies having opposed outer and inner sides extending between a front end and a rear end thereof, each of the nose piece bodies defining a plurality of first grooves on the outer side thereof and a plurality of second grooves on the front end;
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- a comfort piece including a pair of nose pads attached to the inner sides of the respective nose piece bodies and a plurality of filling elements received in the respective first and second grooves, the comfort piece being soft and flexible relative to the base structure.
A method of making a nose piece structure for eyewear, comprising steps of:
- a) molding a base structure in a first molding procedure using a first molding material, the base structure including a connector for attachment to a frame structure of the eyewear and a pair of nose piece bodies divergently and downwardly extending from the connector to a bottom end of the respective nose piece bodies, each of the nose piece bodies having opposed outer and inner sides extending between a front end and a rear end thereof, each of the nose piece bodies defining a plurality of first grooves on the outer side thereof and a plurality of second grooves on the front end;
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- b) molding a comfort piece in a second molding procedure using a second molding material with the presence of the base structure, to produce a pair of nose pads attached to the inner sides of the respective nose piece bodies and a plurality of filling elements received in the respective first and second grooves, the second molding material in a cured condition being soft and flexible relative to the first molding material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.