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US 4,084,889 AGranted
Eyeglass frame
AssigneeVischer Optics, Inc.
InventorAlfred Vischer, Jr., deceased
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Abstract
There is described an eyeglass frame including a molded plastic lens having an integral hinge socket removably receiving a forwardly extending hinge portion of a unitary molded plastic temple member.
Claims8
An opthalmic mounting, comprising
- a lens frame having a rearwardly facing shoulder at one side edge thereof,
- a temple member having a forwardly facing outer end surface complimentary to said shoulder and abutting said shoulder when said temple member is in an open position,
- a forwardly extending hinge portion integral with said temple member,
- said hinge portion having a partial cylindrical surface at the distal end thereof,
- said lens frame having a rearwardly opening socket adjacent to said shoulder,
- said socket having a wall portion which is partially cylindircal and complimentary to said cylindrical surface on said temple member,
- a pair of aligned holes in said frame coaxial with the axis of generation of said cylindrical wall portions of said socket,
- a first pivot member extending from one end of said cylindrical surface into one of said holes, and
- an axially movable second pivot means extending into the other of said holes and into an axial hole in said cylindrical surface for removably mounting said temple member to said frame,
- said movable pivot means being spring biases into locking relationship between said temple member and said frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.