Eyewear frame having vents
AssigneeBrent Sheldon
InventorsBrent Sheldon, Thomas Rouayroux, Antoine Dallaire
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Abstract
An eyewear frame structure for holding at least one lens thereto, includes a base frame, a front frame attached to a front of the base frame and a comfort bar attached to a back side of the base frame. The frame structure has a plurality of vent passages extending therethrough. Each vent passage includes a substantially horizontal section defined between the base frame and the front frame, and a substantially vertical section defined between the base frame and the comfort bar.
Claims14
An eyewear frame structure for holding at least one lens thereto, the eyewear frame structure comprising:
- a base frame including an upper member extending between opposed ends of the base frame, and defining a groove in the front side of the upper member thereof, the groove extending along a length of the upper member;
- a front frame including an elongate member attached to a front side of the upper member of the base frame, the elongate member of the front frame being partially received in the groove of the base frame;
- a comfort bar attached to a back side of the base frame:
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- a plurality of vent passages extending through the frame structure, each of the vent passages including a substantially horizontal section defined between the base frame and the front frame and a substantially vertical section defined between the base frame and the comfort bar.
A method for making an eyewear frame structure, comprising steps of:
- a) molding a base frame structure including an upper member extending between opposed ends thereof with a plurality of passageways extending therethrough between front and rear sides of the upper member, each of the passageways defining an opening on the respective front and rear sides of the upper member;
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- b) with the presence of the molded base frame, molding a front frame attached to the front side of the upper member of the base frame and molding a comfort bar attached to the back side of the upper member of the base frame, the front frame defining a plurality of recesses aligning with the respective passageway openings on the front side of the upper member of the base frame and the comfort bar partially covering each passageway opening on the back side of the upper member of the base frame, thereby forming a plurality of vent passages, each of the vent passages including a substantially horizontal section defined between the base frame and the front frame and a substantially vertical section defined between the base section and the comfort bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.