Spectacles with interchangeable temples
AssigneeOxibis Exalto SAS
InventorClaude Panisset
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Abstract
Spectacles consist of an optical or sunshade front optionally supported by a frame and comprising two interchangeable temples. Each temple is connected to the front or to the frame by a male part and an associated joint. In the spectacles, the joint of each temple consists of at least one pin arranged transversely in a corresponding longitudinal slot formed at one end of a free temple. The pin can be snapped into an elastically deformable recess formed in a plate projecting from the male part, the shape and dimensions of which are approximately the same as those of the slot of the temple, or vice versa.
Claims9
Spectacles comprising:
- an optical or sunshade front optionally supported by a frame;
- two interchangeable temples;
- each said temple being connected to the front or to the frame by a male part and an associated joint;
- each said temple having two longitudinally extending slots formed in a sidewall and a pin transversely positioned in each of said slots;
- male parts projecting from said front or said frame;
- two plates projecting from each of said male parts;
- each said plate having an elastically deformable recess formed therein, wherein said associated joint is a screwless joint for each said temple consisting of said pins being snapped into said elastically deformable recesses formed in said plates projecting from a respective one of said male parts, said plates each having a shape and dimensions which are approximately the same as those of the slots of a respective one of the temples so that each of said plates slides into one of the slots of the respective temple and so that the joint pins guide the respective temple as the respective temple rotates and keeps the respective temple in a stable position when folded, whereby said screwless joint makes the temples interchangeable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.