Compact elastic hinge for a spectacle frame

A spectacle frame comprising a hinge element comprising:

• a case comprising a longitudinal housing comprising a guiding area,
• a slide axially arranged in the housing, comprising a salient part spreading outside the housing, and a guided part interacting with the guiding area, and
• elastic means for returning the slide to a retracted position towards an interior of the housing, and
• at least one prominence configured to not perform the guiding of the slide, the prominence extending from the case and being configured to insert between two parallel flanges of an endpiece in order to perform a direct mechanical coupling between the case and the endpiece, wherein the prominence forms a stop arranged to interact with an element for linking the two flanges in order to limit the rotation angle of the hinge.

An elastic hinge for a spectacle frame, comprising:

• an endpiece comprising two parallel flanges defining a hinge axis,
• a case comprising a longitudinal housing comprising a guiding area,
• a slide axially arranged in the housing and comprising a salient part extending outside the housing and arranged between the flanges along the hinge axis, a guided part interacting with the guiding area,
• elastic means for returning the slide to a retracted position towards an interior of the housing, and
• at least one prominence not performing the guiding of the slide and protruding from the case to insert between the flanges in order to ensure a direct mechanical coupling between the case and the endpiece, wherein the endpiece comprises an element for linking the two flanges and which is arranged to interact with the prominence in order to limit the rotation angle of the hinge.

A spectacle frame, comprising an elastic hinge comprising:

• an endpiece comprising two parallel flanges defining a hinge axis,
• a case comprising a longitudinal housing comprising a guiding area,
• a slide axially arranged in the housing, comprising a salient part extending outside the housing and arranged between the flanges along the hinge axis, and a guided part interacting with the guiding area,
• elastic means for returning the slide to a retracted position towards the interior of the housing, and
• at least one prominence not performing the guiding of the slide and extending from the case to insert between the flanges, in order to ensure a direct mechanical coupling between the case and the endpiece, wherein the endpiece comprises a linking element for linking the two flanges which is arranged to interact with the prominence in order to limit a rotation angle of the hinge.