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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092008 | System and method for protecting eye glass arms during hair dye process, and manufacturing apparatus and method A system for protecting eye glass frames during a hair dye, coloring, or highlighting process is described. The system comprises a support layer, a pair of gloves laminated onto the support layer, and a pair of eyeglass arm protectors laminated onto the support laye... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7976154 | Method for protecting spectacles arms, member board and method for making the members The invention pertains to the protection of spectacles arms and relates to a protection member for a spectacles arm comprising an elongated tubular envelope (54) sealed against chemical agents, having an open end and having an essentially flat shape in the pl... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7708400 | Protective temple covering Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing sleeves, a sleeve dispenser, and a method of manufacturing inexpensive, throwaway sleeves that may be used to protect temples from chemicals, germs, bacteria, and the like. Sleeves may be inexpensively manufactured... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7490934 | Eyewear end piece An object of the present invention is to provide an eyewear end piece which does not rotate around an axial core of a temple, which does not come off the temple, and which feels comfortable to wear. For this purpose, the eyewear end piece includes a first hard membe... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7490935 | Overmolded spectacle arm extremities A stem for eyewear includes an elongated base configured for support on a user's ear and comprising a relatively hard material and a soft pad portion overmolded onto the elongated base. The base comprises at least one through hole and the soft pad portion comprises ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7284854 | Half-jacket eyewear with removable dust shield Disclosed is eyewear that may have a half-jacket frame and a removable dust shield for preventing direct impingement of dust upon a wearer's eye. The eyewear may have a titanium frame and removable lenses free of any attachment structure. The frame may have a lens-r... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7246901 | Adjustable length upper frame member for eyeglasses A frame assembly for eyeglasses is provided wherein the overall width of the eyeglass frame is adjustable by utilizing a telescoping brow bar. The upper frame member or brow bar is formed to include either a pair of telescoping or indexed joints allowing the length ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237892 | Temple bar with ball and socket hinge and method of making same A novel hinge assembly for eyeglasses is provided wherein a first structural member for the hinge structure is formed in a first molding step and a second structural member of the hinge structure is formed directly over a portion of the first structural member in a ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7175270 | Flexible frame assembly for eyeglasses A novel frame construction for eyeglasses is provided wherein the upper frame member is formed to have greatly enhanced flexibility to increase the overall adjustability, comfort and fit of the eyeglasses. The upper frame member includes areas wherein the material i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7055952 | Temple piece for eyewear An improved temple piece is provided, including an elongated temple piece, including at least a first and a second region, the at least first and second regions comprising materials having different Shore A durometer hardnesses, wherein the first region has a Shore ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040753 | Eyewear Improved eyeglasses are disclosed that have improvements in comfort, safety, wear ability, and convenience, based upon improvements in the contact (bearing) surfaces where the eyeglasses touch the body by providing air passages, hydrophobic surfaces and/or ratchet-t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018036 | Length adjustable temple for eyeglasses In order to provide a length-adjustable temple for eyeglasses which is easy-to-wear by engaging a concavity of an ear without giving pain to a wearer irrespective of the shape of the ear, a distal member is coupled to a proximal member via a length adjustable joint ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6860598 | Wind and noise reducer for eyeglasses A wind and noise reducer for eyeglasses includes a panel that has a top edge, a bottom edge, a forward edge and a rear edge. The forward edge is generally vertically orientated. The panel has an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface is concave an... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6644806 | Resilient non-smooth projection member on eyeglass temples and nose pads A resilient non-smooth projection member formed into shape on eyeglass temples and on nose pads and having a plurality of grain-like projections on a touching surface of soft protruding pads of each eyeglasses temple or nose pad. The backside of each grai... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6565208 | Temple plate pad adapted to securely engage with a temple plate of a pair of eyeglasses A temple plate pad adapted to a temple plate of a pair of eye glasses has a bottom plate and a tapered body securely engaged with the bottom plate and adapted to securely engage with the temple plate. The bottom plate has a width larger than a width of th... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6270217 | Eyeglass frame protector dispensing system and method Eyeglass frame protective coverings are formed on sheets, which make up a cylindrical roll. The roll consists of a plurality of perforated, connected sheets, each sheet containing one protective covering formed on each sheet. Each protective covering is c... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6065834 | Replaceable pads for eyeglass temple and nose pieces and method of application A set of wrappings for eyeglass ear and nose pieces to be applied by the eyeglass wearer. The wrappings are precut from a thin elastic material having a textured latex coating and shaped to be wrapped in an overlapping manner along the ear pieces of eyegl... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5949516 | Eyeglass locator system An eyeglass locator system for locating misplaced eyeglasses having a frame and a pair of earpieces extending rearwardly from the frame, comprising a transmitter and a receiver portion. The transmitter is preferably keychain attachable, and produces a rad... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5943703 | Detachable ear-protector for use with eyeglasses and sunglasses An ear-protector is provided as a flexible element preferably made of PVC, having a first enlarged section used for covering over an ear, and a second, forwardly-extending, reduced mounting section extending from the first enlarged section. Each section h... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5907385 | Nose pad and ear pad having two surfaces adhesive A new adhesive pad set for attachment to eyeglasses to help hold the eyeglasses to the face of a wearer. The inventive device includes a pair of nose pads adapted for attaching to the nose tabs of a pair of eyeglasses and a pair of ear pads adapted for at... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5850637 | Pliable eyeglass attachment for deflecting wind around the ear Lightweight wind deflectors having Mounting Sleeves attachable to Eyeglass Temple Stems. The Mounting Sleeves are flexible with rectangular cutouts running their lengths giving them the ability to attach or slide onto the Eyeglass Temple Stems. The Ear Fl... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5708491 | Temple tip for a frame of spectacles A temple tip for a frame of spectacles has a structure in which a portion not touched by the ear is made of the first resin and a portion touched by the ear is made of the second resin having a smaller hardness than the first resin.... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5610669 | Temple for eyeglasses embodying an integrally formed ear piece An improved eyeglass temple for retaining eyeglasses on the head of a wearer is provided. The temple includes an engaging portion that extends from a second end of the temple to a support section. An ear stem extends through the engaging portion and has a... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5583585 | Protective cover for eyeglass temple pieces and method of making the same In accordance with the invention, there is provided an eyeglass temple piece protector that is prepared with a first elongate strip of plastic material superposed on a second elongate strip of plastic material to form a hollow sleeve. The sleeve has a fro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5583583 | Metal frame sunglasses and method of making the same A pair of sunglasses having an elongated sunglasses frame that is entirely formed from a single sheet of flat aluminum or titanium stock that is bent into a predetermined shape. Left and right hinge mounting portions are formed adjacent the respective edg... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5440355 | Comfortable eyeglass cover A comfortable, protective eyeglass cover for the temples and earpieces of a pair of eyeglasses is disclosed. The protective cover includes a pair of sleeve members with each of the sleeve members having a hollow interior and an opening at a first end exte... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5202707 | Flavored boot for eyeglasses A flavored eyeglasses boot member is placed upon the end of an eyeglass temple arm, and the boot member is flavored with a fruit, candy, or spice flavor.... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5146245 | Adjustable spectacle leg apparatus An eyeglass assembly including a rim organization to mount spectacle lenses therewithin pivotally mounts a plurality of temple legs, with a temple leg pivotally mounted at each end of the rim organization. The temple legs each include an arcuate earpiece ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5137342 | Eyewear traction device In eyewear employing temples, a substantially cylindrical elastomeric traction member is disposed in a recessed seat which extends along a length of each temple to provide a contact area between the temple and the head. The traction member and seat may be... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5087117 | Side-member for spectacle frames A side member of a spectacles frame comprises an elongate rod and a wider ear part extending rearwardly from the rod. The ear part comprises at least two spars extending substantially parallel in spaced apart relationship to form an opening therebetween. ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5078485 | Temples for eyeglasses An eyeglass temple has an arm whose forward end is connected to one of a pair of eyeglasses or to one end of a rim holding a pair of eyeglasses and an earpiece continuing from the rear end of the arm is made up of a plastic temple proper and a core buried... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5054903 | Eyewear traction device In eyewear employing temples, a substantially cylindrical elastomeric traction member is disposed in a recessed seat which extends along a length of each temple to provide a contact area between the temple and the head. The traction member and seat may be... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5007726 | Coated eyeglasses frame member An eyeglass member, typically a nose pad or a temple end piece, which maintains its aesthetic appearance and close fit over long periods of service. The member has a cured coating of a fluorine-containing silicone on its surface or is made of a fluorine-c... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4925291 | Temple end piece for the temple of a spectacle frame A temple end piece for a temple of a spectacle frame has a unit stable in a form composed of an essentially horizontal first segment and a second segment curving downward to the rear in the shape of an arc. Connected to this unit is a third segment formed... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4917479 | Adjustable counterweighted temple pieces for eyeglasses A pair of eyeglasses having a pair of lenses, a frame for the lenses, nose pieces disposed between the lenses and adapted to engage the bridge of the nose of a wearer, and a pair of temple pieces extending rearwardly over the ears of the wearer, said temp... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4786158 | Protective cover for eyeglass temple pieces and method A disposable temple cover for use within environments in which the wearer of eyeglasses subjects them to potentially damaging substances includes a thin walled tube of plastic material having an end bearing a soft resilient ring. The resilient ring is att... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4699139 | Nasal cannula assembly with patient comfort pad An improved nasal cannula assembly having a reduced tendency to cause irritation behind a patient's ears. The improved assembly is of the type having a pair of oxygen supply tubes connected to a cannula affixable into the patient's nostrils. The cannula i... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4662729 | Clip-on cuffs for eyeglass temples A pair of clip-on cuffs for attachment onto the ear-engaging portion of the temples of a pair of eyeglasses. The cuffs are preferably made of translucent acrylic material and are C-shaped in cross-section to fit over and firmly grip the ear-engaging porti... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4639104 | Sidepiece end of a spectacle frame sidepiece The end of a spectacle frame sidepiece has a metallic tang with a flat profile in the hard bending direction. A thin hard synthetic plastic sleeve surrounds the flat profile. The sleeve has a small, integrally-extending, apertured plate. A sheath of injec... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4563066 | End piece of a spectacle frame earpiece A spectacle frame earpiece has a flexible portion in the form of a rod, for adaption to the wearer's head, and a skin-soft sleeve composed of elastic material enclosing the flexible portion and extending to the end of the earpiece. A core in the form of a... | 01/07/1986 |
