Eyeglass frame shield and fastener
OwnerCarmine S. DiChiarainventor
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Abstract
An eyeglass frame assembly having a shield for attachment to an eyeglass frame with the use of a fastener. The shield has two shoulders forming a passageway for a temple piece of the eyeglass frame. The fastener, when tightened, clamps the shoulders against the temple piece to rigidly connect the shield to the eyeglass frame and prohibit relative movement between the shield and the frame. The fastener can have a frangible portion that is removable after the application of a predetermined force resulting in a non-removable security-type screw. Alternatively, the fastener can be a common screw or a common bolt having either common nuts or gripping lock nuts.
Claims20
A shield of an eyeglass frame, comprising:
- a main member for protecting an eye of the user of the shield;
- a first shoulder extending from said main member, said first shoulder having a first hole having a first axis and extending completely through said first shoulder;
- a second shoulder spaced from said first shoulder and extending from said main member, said second shoulder having a second hole being coaxial with said first hole and extending completely through said second shoulder;
- an elongated passageway positioned between said first and second shoulders and extending along a second axis, which is substantially perpendicular to said first axis;
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- a fastener for clamping said first shoulder and said second shoulder on a temple piece of the frame positioned within said passageway to resist relative movement therebetween.
An eyeglass frame assembly, comprising:
- a first temple piece;
- a first shield coupled to said first temple piece, said first shield having a main member for protecting an eye of the user of the first shield, a first shoulder extending from said main member, said first shoulder having a first hole having a first axis and extending completely through said first shoulder, a second shoulder spaced from said first shoulder and extending from said main member, said second shoulder having a second hole being coaxial with said first hole and extending completely through said second shoulder, and an elongated passageway positioned between said first and second shoulders and extending along a second axis, which is substantially perpendicular to said first axis;
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- a fastener extending through both said first and second holes and coupling said first and second shoulders together, said first temple piece being positioned within said passageway and clamped between said first and second shoulders to resist relative movement therebetween.
An eyeglass frame assembly, comprising:
- an eyeglass frame;
- a supplemental element for coupling to said eyeglass frame;
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- a fastener secured to said supplemental element for coupling said supplemental element to said eyeglass frame, said fastener having a body, an inner head, and an outer head, said outer head being capable of separation from said body and said inner head upon the application of a predetermined force to said outer head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.