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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258436 | Personal vision field blocker A blocking apparatus for positioning in front of a person's face, the apparatus in certain aspects having a front member disposable in front of a person's face, the front member having two spaced-apart ends, two tab members, each tab member projecting from one of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7188946 | Eyewear Novel eyewear are disclosed which comprise a lens and a sealing frame. The lens is adapted to cover at least one of a user's eyes. The frame has an adhesive side and is disposed adjacent the perimeter of the lens. A first portion of the adhesive side is disposed at ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7093934 | Sunglasses for fitting over prescription eyewear A construction for sunglasses adapted to be fitted over prescription eyewear having conventional nose pads and eyeglass temples comprises a lens frame having lens rims with corresponding lenses supported therein, a bridge between the lens rims and right and left tem... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7052129 | Universal resilient shields A number of eyeglass frames with resilient structures and shields that have wide applicability are described. In one embodiment, an auxiliary frame has a resilient structure at its bridge area, and non-uniform shields. The shields have openings at their sides and re... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6601955 | Nose pad assembly An eyeglass frame has a bridge portion and nose pad assembly. The nose pad assembly included a support member in the shape of an elongate bar fixed to a rear surface of the bridge portion. The bar has arms extending from either end thereof, away from the ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6283594 | Grip device for eyeglasses A grip device to prevent eyeglasses having a bridge piece from slipping downwardly on the nose over time. The device comprises two mutually removable attachment components, one fixed to the rear surface of the bridge piece of the eyeglasses, and the other... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5903331 | Eyeglasses comprising frame unit and snap fitted lens unit A pair of eyeglasses includes a frame unit and a lens unit. The frame unit has a downwardly flaring projection protruding integrally and downwardly from a middle portion thereof, and two constricted slots which are located on two sides of the projection a... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5771086 | Eyeglass bridge having deformation prevention members A bridge of rimless glasses is fixed to lenses in a state where it is prevented from being deformed or varied by deformation prevention members, and a fixing portion between the bridge and lenses is not deformed, and hence the fixation at the fixing porti... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5703669 | Sunglasses including quick release lens retainer #5 An interchangeable sunglass system includes a frame, a first arm, a second arm, a quick release lens retainer, a soft nose piece, and a tinted lens. The frame has a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface. An angled slot is formed in ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5583586 | Mounting supports for eyeglass frames A structure for eyeglass frames which incorporates an improved frontal support assembly and adjustable temples. Left and right ocular frames are interconnected, each being laterally supported by an adjustable temple assembly. To support the eyeglass frame... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5515116 | Removable eyeglass nosebridge An interchangeable eyeglass lens system for sunglasses and other eyewear so that more than one pair of lenses can be used with a particular frame. Lenses particularly adapted for interchangeability and having concavities on the lens periphery for engaging... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5408279 | Eye glasses designed to facilitate carrying A type of eyeglasses designed to facilitate carrying, principally consisting of a frame, a set of elastic pieces, a set of temples, a set of springs, a pressing piece, a pawling piece, a positioning unit, a clip and several screw bolts. The eyeglasses ass... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5331356 | Portable spectacles Portable spectacles to be pinched on a waist band, having a integral frame with a front portion for holding two lenses and two skull temple portions, the front portion provided with an upper flat recess for fixing a connecting means to combine pivotally a... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5321444 | Eyeglasses with a replaceable lens unit A pair of eyeglasses includes an eyeglass frame and a lens unit mounted detachably on the eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame includes a curved front frame with two downwardly projecting end portions, and two bows. The curved front frame has an engagement ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5229796 | Attachable eyeglasses This invention is directed to attachable eyeglasses in which a brow bracket contacts a wearer's forehead to partly absorb the weight of the attachable eyeglasses. The attachable eyeglasses fit over normally worn eyeglasses. A wide and large front frame is... | 07/20/1993 |
| 4986649 | Eyeglasses frame with improved frontal support An eyeglass structure having frame means interconnecting left and right ocular frames to support respective ocular lenses with upper frame edges and with laterally supported and pivotally attached temples. The improvement in the frontal support comprises ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4897237 | Method of fitting eyeglasses To adjust eye-glasses to the special shape of the nose of the person wearing the eye-glasses, a faithful molding of the back of the nose is formed. To this effect, once the spectacles are put on, the space remaining between the spectacle arch (4) and the ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4893917 | Frame structure for glasses having an excellent restorability The frame structure for glasses is constituted by metallic material and includes a pair of rim members for supporting the glasses, a bridge member interposed between the rim members to connect the latter to one another, a pair of temple members and a pair... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4685782 | Spectacles having a detachable front Spectacles formed by combining two separate parts, respectively, a support structure connected to spectacle temples and a detachable front. A bridge of the front is adapted to be joined to the central part of the support structure connecting the two spectacle ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4618225 | Lens holder and carrier for safety masks A lens holder for visual correction within a safety mask. The bridge between the two lenses is bendable to allow contouring of the lenses to fit a person's face and a curved face plate on the mask. A hole in the bridge serves to receive a post on a bracke... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4304470 | Spectacle frame with pivotable auxiliary bridge The invention relates to an improved spectacle frame in which a curved auxiliary bridge is provided below a bridge rigidly joining the rims of the spectacle lenses, this auxiliary bridge being turnably mounted between the rims in such wise as to freely ad... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4204750 | Method of custom fitting eyeglass frames and article formed thereby A method of custom fitting eyeglass frames to the nose of a wearer, which is in part performed by an optician or the like and in part performed by an eyeglass frames laboratory. The optician or the like heats a preferably horseshoe shaped wax wafer until ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4026640 | Tennis players' spectacles A pair of spectacles having a lightweight frame structure especially designed with unusual pantoscopic tilt in combination with rocking-pad nasal support affording minimal facial contact and cable temple ends adapted to intimately engage and extend about ... | 05/31/1977 |
