Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Connectors
Patent
1995-01-27
1996-07-23
Sikes, William L.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Connectors
351116, G02C 500
Patent
active
055395619
ABSTRACT:
An eyeglass including a lens and a temple/lens connector. The lens includes a peripheral side edge and a notch formed in the side edge. The notch is defined by an upper tang, a lower tang, and a seat edge formed therebetween. An aperture is formed in the lens. The temple/lens connector includes a base member having a first end, a second end, and an interior surface. The cam structure is provided proximate the first end and project from the interior surface. The cam structure is rotatable within the aperture and arranged and configured to secure the base member to the lens when rotated into a locked position and to allow the removal of the base member from the lens when rotated into an unlocked position.
The cam structure may include a shaft having one end secured to the interior surface of the base member and a head formed on the other end of the shaft. The head is adapted to pass through the aperture when the cam structure is in the unlocked position, and includes extensions arranged and configured to abut against a portion of the surface of the lens opposite the base member and prohibit removal of the cam structure from the aperture when the cam structure is in the locked position. The cam structure is rotatable between the locked and unlocked positions about an axis defined within the aperture of the lens.
The temple/lens connector may further include clip structure formed proximate the second end of the base member. The clip structure arranged and configured to receive a portion of the peripheral side edge of the lens. The clip structure may include an abutment and a lip extending from the abutment and spaced from the base member.
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Dudek James A.
Performance, Inc.
Sikes William L.
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