Fitted eyeglass frames
OwnerDonald A. Gishinventor
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Abstract
Fitted eyeglass frames having ear engaging members curved to conform to the full contour of the back of the ear they are to engage and moveable rearwardly with respect to the sidebars for releasing the frames for easy removal. In two forms of the invention, the ear engaging members are pivotally attached to the rear ends of the frame sidebars and magnetic and spring means are provided to hold the ear engaging members in desired contact with the ear. In another form of the invention, a spring loaded telescoping section is interposed between the ear engaging members and the sidebars of the frames, and a setscrew acting in the telescoping connection permits adjustment of the effective length of the sidebars.
Claims11
Eyeglasses frames, comprising:
- a bow adapted to be supported on the nose of the wearer and formed for holding a pair of lenses before the eyes of the wearer,
- a pair of sidebars extending rearwardly from said bow on opposite side thereof,
- relatively rigid ear engaging members movably mounted as a unit on the rear ends of said sidebars said ear engaging members being curved downward and the forward to engage around the top, rear and bottom portions of the ear of the wearer adjacent to the head,
- said ear engaging members being mounted to move rearwardly as a unit for facilitating removal of said eyeglasses from the head of the wearer and
- yieldable spring means engaging between said sidebars and said ear engaging members and biasing said ear engaging members forwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.