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US 8,556,415 B2Granted
Adjustable nose pad for eyewear
AssigneeMaui Jim, Inc.
InventorsEleanor Wink Zimick Jackson, Michael T. Jackson
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Abstract
An eyewear system is provided with adjustable nose pads. The nose pads are adjustable by being slidably mounted onto a portion of the nose bridge. This adjustability feature provides for wearer-selected pantoscopic angle adjustment, as well as wearer-selected fit for a particular nose and face shape. The eyewear may include plano or corrective lenses and other features of eyewear including polarized, tinted, and/or other types of lenses and lens-related features.
Claims16
An adjustable fit eyewear system, comprising:
- at least one nose bridge element integral with a lens-attached frame;
- and
- at least one nose pad element engaged frictionally and slidable around at least one engagement portion of the at least one nose bridge element;
- wherein the at least one nose bridge element includes an elongate loop structure that comprises the at least one engagement portion;
- and
- wherein the elongate loop structure comprises an open section configured to allow removal of the at least one nose pad element therefrom.
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An article of eyewear comprising:
- a pair of rearwardly-extending temples connected to each other by a frame disposed generally transverse to said temples;
- at least one lens element mounted to the frame;
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- at least one nose bridge element integral with the frame, where the at least one nose bridge element further comprises at least one nose pad frictionally engaged to the at least one nose bridge element and figured to slide up and down relative thereto;
- wherein the at least one nose bridge element includes an elongate loop structure that comprises at least one engagement portion, and a portion of the at least one nose pad is frictionally engaged around the at least one engagement portion;
- and
- wherein the elongate loop structure comprises an open section configured to allow removal of the at least one nose pad element therefrom by passage of a portion of the at least one nose pad element through the open section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.