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US 4,732,464 AGranted
Nosepads for eyeglasses
OwnerWalter H. Bononiinventor
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Abstract
In a pair of eyeglasses, a stud-shaped pad is secured in a through-hole in a support plate on the side of an eyeglass wearer's nose. A stem extends from the main plate of the pad, which rests on the support plate, passing through the through-hole and is broadened at the rear side into the shape of a fastening member. The pad is made of extremely soft plastic. The pad can at any time be snapped in and out by the wearer.
Claims11
A pair of eyeglasses comprising:
- two eye rims and a bridge with a lens groove in the inner periphery of each eye rim,
- two hard support plates, having an outer edge and inner and outer surfaces, starting at said eye rims below said bridge and shaped outwards to the rear to support, at said inner surfaces, the eyeglasses on the flanks of the wearer's nose,
- said support plates having through-holes which open to the rear of said lens grooves,
- two pads of a material of Shore-D hardness in the range of 10-30, retained removably against said support plates,
- said pads having the shape of cuff-link studs with a main plate having inner and outer surfaces and an outer edge that is smaller than said outer edge of said support plate, said main plate being arranged and adapted to rest with its entire inner surface supported against said inner surface of said support plate and within said outer edge of said support plate, at the flanks of the wearer's nose, a stem on the back of said main plate, said stem being slightly shorter than the depth of said through-holes on said support plate, and a fastening member secured to said stem arranged and adapted to be pressed removably through said through-hole in said support plate to rest against said outer surface of said support plate to the rear of said lens groove,
- said support plates having recesses on said inner surfaces of said support plates, which contact said main plates to inhibit rotation thereof relative to said support plates.
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