Nose pad for a spectacle frame

In a spectacle frame including a front piece for supporting spectacle lenses;

• a nose pad attached to the front piece;
• said nose pad having a relatively hard base body, a relatively soft, skin-friendly and slip-resistant covering on the base body;
• and securing means having a first part affixed to the base body and projecting from said covering;
• said securing means having a second part formed in said front piece;
• said first and second parts being interconnected for attaching the nose pad to the spectacle frame;
• the improvement wherein said first part of said securing means comprises at least two spaced anchoring pins each having a length;
• a recess provided in at least one of said anchoring pins;
• said second part of said securing means comprises bores defined by bore hole walls in said front piece;
• each bore directly receiving a respective said anchoring pin;
• a projection extending from at least one of said bore hole walls into said recess of said at least one anchoring pin for forming a snap-in connection therewith;
• said snap-in connection resisting a separation of the nose pad from the front piece by forces applied to the nose pad and directed away from said front piece;
• said front piece having, in zone of said bores, a thickness dimension at least as large as said length of said anchoring pins;
• further comprising apertures provided in said base body;
• part of said covering extending through said apertures for immobilizing said covering with respect to said base body.