Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Temples
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-30
2001-09-11
Mai, Huy (Department: 2873)
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Temples
C351S119000, C351S158000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286954
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to eyeglasses having a temple piece containing a removable screwdriver.
One of the recurring problems that a wearer of eyeglasses or sunglasses experiences is a loosening of the screws which either hold the temple to the frame of the glasses, or the screws which hold the lenses in the frame. To re-tighten loose screws, various compact screw driver kits are sold and carried separately; however, most glasses wearers do not carry such kits with them, and have to improvise when a screw driver when needed. Makeshift tools may damage the screw slots, and cannot deliver as much torque as a proper screwdriver.
Other inventors have proposed solutions to the problem described above. U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,861, for example, proposes using the end of the temple portion of an eyepiece as a screw driver. However, this arrangement requires the addition of a cumbersome end piece to the temple piece, and is uncomfortable as well.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to modify the body of at least one temple of a pair of eyeglasses by providing it with a cavity adapted to receive a small screw driver formed at the forward end of the earpiece. This allows the screw driver to be hidden, without the need for having a specialized end piece which would be uncomfortable to the wearer.
Another object is to construct the temple cover (the piece that engages the ear) as the handle of the screw driver.
These and other objects are attained by an eyeglass temple having a cavity containing a removable screwdriver as exemplified in the drawings and described more fully below.
The term “eyeglasses” as used herein, is intended to encompass both prescription eyeglasses and non-prescription glasses, including sunglasses.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4768872 (1988-09-01), Fraselle et al.
patent: 5223861 (1993-06-01), Wagner
patent: 6120146 (2000-09-01), Harris
Mai Huy
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