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US 5,515,116 AGranted
Removable eyeglass nosebridge
AssigneeGargoyles, Inc.
InventorCharles A. Bernheiser
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AssigneeGargoyles, Inc.
InventorCharles A. Bernheiser
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An interchangeable eyeglass lens system for sunglasses and other eyewear so that more than one pair of lenses can be used with a particular frame. Lenses particularly adapted for interchangeability and having concavities on the lens periphery for engaging fastener devices, such as studs and spring loaded detents on the frame, are included in the system. A complete system would have a pair of removable lenses, a frame having a nosebridge which can be removable also, and fasteners mounted on or within the frame or nosebridge for releasably holding the lenses in place on the frame by interengaging the concavities on the lenses. A removable nosebridge with antirotational device, and a spring loaded detent system adapted for use in the system are disclosed, as is a method of removably attaching a lens to the frame of the invention.
A removable eyeglass nosebridge for use in an interchangeable eyeglass system having a brow bar and a pair of removable lenses each having inner edges, the nosebridge comprising a pair of flanges for supporting the inner edges of the pair of lenses and a pair of lens stays for defining in part, with the pair of flanges, a pair of lens receiving channels;
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