Method and apparatus for fitting eyewear
AssigneeThe United States Shoe Corporation
InventorsThomas J. Ziegler, Thomas J. Kremer
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Abstract
A method is provided for fitting an eyeglass frame to a wearer. The method includes the steps of providing frames which have been classified into predetermined temple to temple size ranges based on the temple to temple frame sizes of the frames. The wearer's temple to temple head size is measured using a device which indicates at least one temple to temple size range as corresponding to the wearer. Eyeglass frames are fitted to the wearer selected from the frames which fall within the temple to temple size ranges corresponding to the wearer.
Claims21
A method of fitting an eyeglass frame to a wearer, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of frames, each of said frames being identified as having a respective temple to temple frame size falling within a respective one of a plurality of predetermined temple to temple size ranges;
- (b) identifying from said plurality of predetermined temple to temple size ranges at least one temple size range as corresponding to the wearer, said step of identifying at least one corresponding temple to temple size range comprising the step of measuring the temple to temple head size of the wearer;
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- (c) fitting an eyeglass frame to the wearer selected from a plurality of frames having respective temple to temple frame sizes which fall within one of said at least one temple to temple size range corresponding to the wearer.
A device for measuring the temple to temple head size of wearer, comprising:
- (a) a first arm having a distal end comprising a first measuring tip, said first arm also having a first proximal end;
- (b) a longitudinal member connected to said first proximal end;
- (c) a second arm having a distal end comprising a second measuring tip, said second arm having a second proximal end configured to be slidably carried by said longitudinal member such that said first and second measuring tips are moveable with respect to each other;
- (d) a scale carried by said longitudinal member, said scale comprising a plurality of designations, said plurality of designations comprising a color strip having a plurality of colors arranged sequentially along said strip, each respective designation identifying a respective predetermined temple to temple size range;
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- (e) indicator means for indicating on said scale a location which corresponding to the distance between said first and second measuring tips, said plurality of designations being located on said scale such that said indicator means indicate the respective designation of the temple to temple size range within which the distance between said first and second measuring tips falls.
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