Eyewear with weighted flexible temples
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1. ) A flexible temple assembly for eyewear comprising:
- one end of at least one flexible temple element coupled to the eyewear;
at least one counterweight, coupled to the flexible temple element'"'"'s distal end, disposed to maintain tension on the flexible element;
whereby the tension on the flexible temple element is sufficient to stably maintain the eyewear on the wearer'"'"'s face.
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Abstract
An eyewear assembly having flexible temple elements with counterweights is disclosed. The counterweights and flexible temples can serve several other purposes aside from the disclosed role of supporting eyewear on a wearer'"'"'s face. Those purposes include ornamental elegance in design and facilitating a natural adjustability around unique personal features for position and comfort. The flexible temple elements provide mechanisms for transmitting electrical, mechanical and photonic power and or signals to the eyewear while the counterweights provide the source for said transmissions from a more convenient location.
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1. ) A flexible temple assembly for eyewear comprising:
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one end of at least one flexible temple element coupled to the eyewear;
at least one counterweight, coupled to the flexible temple element'"'"'s distal end, disposed to maintain tension on the flexible element;
whereby the tension on the flexible temple element is sufficient to stably maintain the eyewear on the wearer'"'"'s face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. ) An eyewear assembly comprising:
at least one flexible temple element attached to eyewear at one end and extending over a wearer'"'"'s ear to a counterweight proximal to the distal end of the flexible temple element. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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