Eyeglasses frame with articulated resilient nose piece

An eyeglass frame including ring-like lens mounting portions joined together by a bridge member extending between the lens mounting portions, comprising:

• a nose engaging saddle piece of flexible material including nose engaging pad portions for engaging the sides of a wearer's nose, joined together by an intermediate bight portion and including means for biasing the nose pad portions away from each other;
• a pair of opposed hinge arms connected together by interlocking hinge means, each arm having a free end for engagement with the nose engaging saddle piece;
• the interlocking hinge means comprising first and second hinge members on respective ones of said hinge arms;
• the first hinge member including a tongue-like projection with concave recess portions on either side of said tongue-like projection and with rounded camming projections on either side of said concave recesses;
• the second hinge member including a pair of channel-defining finger portions receivable in respective ones of said concave recess portions and defining a channel therebetween for receiving said tongue-like projection, said second hinge member further including concave edges on either side of said finger portions;
• said tongue received in said channel and said fingers received in said concave recess portions when said free ends of said hinge arms are moved toward and away from each other;
• means for mounting the hinge means to the bridge member including a first pivot mounting member adjacent the tongue-like projection of the first hinge member and a second pivot mounting member adjacent the projectionreceiving channel of the second hinge member;
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• means for connecting free ends of the arms to spaced-apart portions on the saddle piece, adjacent the nose pad portions thereof.