Spring hinge for eyewear
AssigneeOBE-Werk Ohnmacht & Baumgartner GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsReiner Wagner, Otto Lehnert
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Abstract
A spring hinge for eyewear which enables the temples of eyeglasses to be opened beyond their regular position of use. The spring hinge having a one or two-piece locking element provided with a sliding element recess engageable with a sliding element and a snap-in pin recess engageable with a snap-in pin. A spring biases the snap-in pin into a stepped recess and thereby automatically locks the spring hinge.
Claims9
A spring hinge for eyewear enabling opening of a temple of eyeglasses beyond a regular position of use and used at a front end of the temple of eyeglasses when assembled closer to a center part of a frame for eyeglasses, a first oblong recess in which is located a second recess with a stepped rim at an end closer to the center part of the frame for eyeglasses when assembled,
- a center part hinge mounted at the center part, and
- a temple hinge connected by a hinged means with the center part hinge around a hinge axis, and a locking element guided by a sliding element provided at the temple hinge mountable in the first recess and extendable over a given distance against a spring resistance and engageable and lockable into a second recess comprising at least with one snap-in pin from the locking in a direction of a wall of the second recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.