Eyewear Lens Attachment Assembly
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorLaurent Froissard
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Abstract
The present description provides an eyewear lens attachment assembly that provides easy and secure attachment between a lens in a frame. An exemplary eyewear lens attachment assembly described herein includes a lens having a lens opening proximate a nose region, a frame holder having a frame engagement feature and a retainer engagement feature, and a slidable retainer including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a flanged projection extending outwardly from the inner surface. When the flanged projection is positioned through the lens opening, the retainer is slidable between an engaged position in which the retainer is secured to the frame holder and a disengaged position in which the retainer and frame holder may be separated.
Claims15
An eyewear lens attachment assembly, comprising:
- a lens having a lens opening proximate a nose region;
- a frame holder having a frame engagement feature and a retainer engagement feature;
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- a slidable retainer including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a flanged projection extending outwardly from the inner surface, the flanged projection positionable through the lens opening;
- wherein when the flanged projection is positioned through the lens opening, the retainer is slidable between an engaged position in which the retainer is secured to the retainer engagement feature of the frame holder and a disengaged position in which the retainer and frame holder may be separated.
An eyewear lens attachment assembly, comprising:
- a lens having a lens opening proximate a nose region;
- a frame holder comprising a channel sized to receive a brow portion of an eyewear frame and an opening, the opening comprising a larger portion and a smaller portion;
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- a slidable retainer including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a flanged projection extending outwardly from the inner surface;
- wherein the retainer is slidable between an engaged position in which the slidable retainer is secured to the frame holder and a disengaged position in which the retainer and frame holder may be separated by passing the flanged projection through the larger portion of the opening of the frame holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.