DECORATIVE ATTACHMENT FOR EYEWEAR TEMPLE

• US 20170068115A1
• Filed: 11/17/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shorelys, LLC
• Original Assignee: Shorelys, LLC
• Inventors: Aquino, Gabriel A., Stahley, Kyle C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/02 Ornaments, e.g. exchangeable
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/20 Friction elements

Abstract

It is provided a removable decorative attachment to one or both of the temple pieces of an eyewear. The decorative attachment to the temple of the eyewear can be of different shapes, colors, patterns and is made of a thermoplastic material, and retained onto the temple by friction or through a retaining mechanism built on both the attachment and the temple pieces of the eyewear.

Claims

1. A detachable decorative attachment for a temple of an eyewear, comprising:

a main section having a top edge and a bottom edge;

two first extensions disposed on the top edge and the bottom edge of the main section, and each of the first extensions are perpendicular to the main section extending toward a back side;

wherein at an end edge of each of the first extensions, there further is a second extension that is perpendicular to the first extension and the two second extensions are facing towards each other,

wherein the main section, the first extensions, and second extensions form two channel sections disposed on a top and a bottom sides of the main section for gripping a top edge and a bottom edge of the temple of the eyewear when the attachment is clipped onto the temple, and

wherein an outside surface of the main section faces outward when the attachment is clipped onto the temple and the outward-facing surface of the main section has a decorative shape and upon the outward-facing surface of the main section, an ornamental expression is applied or integrated.

2. The attachment according to claim 1, wherein the attachment is fastened onto the temple through friction between an inside surface of the attachment and at least three outer surfaces of the temple.

3. The attachment according to claim 2, wherein the attachment is fastened through a tension force exerted by an edge of a sidewall of the two channel sections constructed to press against an inside surface of the temple.

4. The attachment according to claim 1, the attachment is made of a thermoplastic material that is opaque, translucent or transparent, or has a solid color or multiple solid colors or color patterns.

5. The attachment according to claim 1, wherein the attachment is made of a thermoplastic material selected from a group consisting of polycarbonate, polyethylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), or nylon with or without a heat finish.

6. The attachment according to claim 1, wherein the main section is made into a general shape selected from a group consisting of square, trapezoid, rectangle, parallelogram, or a combination thereof.

7. The attachment according to claim 1, wherein the outward-facing surface of the main section has an ornamental expression that is added through a means comprising:

carving, etching or engraving;

or through further fastening a decorative element thereon;

or through having an aperture thereon to which a decorative element is selectively inserted.

8. A detachable decorative attachment for a temple of an eyewear, comprising

a main section having a top edge and a bottom edge;

two first extensions that are disposed on the top edge and the bottom edge of the main section, and each of the first extension is perpendicular to the main section extending toward the back side;

wherein at the end edge of each of the first extensions, there further is a second extension that is perpendicular to the first extension and the two second extensions are facing towards each other,

wherein the main section, the first extensions, and second extensions form two channel sections disposed on a top a bottom sides of the main section for gripping a top edge and a bottom edge of the temple of the eyewear when the attachment is clipped onto the temple, and

wherein there is an engagement mechanism interacting between the attachment and the temple so as to retain the attachment onto the temple, and wherein an outside surface of the main section faces outward when the attachment is clipped onto the temple and the outward-facing surface of the main section has a decorative shape and upon the outward-facing surface of the main section, an ornamental expression is applied or integrated.

9. The attachment according to claim 8, wherein the engagement mechanism is built into the channel section on the bottom side of the main section to interact with a receiving engagement mechanism formed within an inside surface on the temple.

10. The attachment according to claim 9, wherein the engagement mechanism comprises a tongue extended from a top edge of the bottom channel towards a groove built into the inside surface of the temple.

11. The attachment according to claim 8, wherein said engagement mechanism comprises a latch extended from within the bottom first extension on the attachment towards an aperture built into the bottom side of the temple.

12. The attachment according to claim 8, wherein the attachment is made of a thermoplastic material that is opaque, translucent or transparent, or has a solid color or multiple solid colors or color patterns.

13. The decorative attachment according to claim 8, wherein the main section is made into a general shape selected from a group consisting of square, trapezoid, rectangle, parallelogram, or a combination thereof, and made with additional ornamental shapes thereon, and wherein the outward-facing surface of the main section is made with an ornamental expression that is built thereon.

14. The decorative attachment according to claim 13, wherein the outward-facing surface of the main section has an ornamental expression that is added through a means comprising:

carving, etching or engraving;

or through further fastening a decorative element thereon;

or through having an aperture thereon to which a decorative element is selectably inserted.

15. An eyewear frame system having a decorative element affixed to one or both of the temple pieces, comprising:

an eyewear lens frame;

a pair of temple pieces, each having a proximal end pivotally attached to an opposing respective side of the lens frame; and

a detachable decorative attachment for one or both of the temple pieces comprising,

a main section having a top edge and a bottom edge;

two first extensions that are disposed on the top edge and the bottom edge of the main section, and each of the first extension is perpendicular to the main section extending toward the back side;

wherein at the end edge of each of the first extensions, there further is a second extension that is perpendicular to the first extension and the two second extensions are facing towards each other,

wherein the main section, the first extensions, and second extensions form two channel sections disposed on a top and a bottom sides of the main section for gripping a top edge and a bottom edge of the temple of the eyewear when the attachment is clipped onto the temple, and

wherein an outside surface of the main section faces outward when the attachment is clipped onto the temple and the outward-facing surface of the main section has a decorative shape and upon the outward-facing surface of the main section, an ornamental expression is applied or integrated.

16. The eyewear frame system according to claim 15, wherein there is provided an engagement mechanism interacting between the attachment and at least one member of the pair of temple pieces so as to retain the attachment onto the temple piece and the engagement mechanism that is built into the bottom channel section of the attachment main section comprises a tongue extended from a top edge of the bottom channel towards a groove built into the inside surface of at least one member of the pair of temple pieces.

17. The eyewear frame system according to claim 15, wherein there is provided an engagement mechanism interacting between the attachment and at least one member of the pair of temple pieces so as to retain the attachment onto the temple piece and the engagement mechanism that is built into the bottom channel section of the attachment main section comprises a latch extended from within the bottom first extension on the attachment towards an aperture built into the bottom side of the temple.

18. The eyewear frame system according to claim 15, wherein the main section of the attachment is made into a general shape selected from a group consisting of square, trapezoid, rectangle, parallelogram, or a combination thereof and made with additional ornamental and functional shapes thereon, and wherein the outward-facing surface of the main section is made with an ornamental expression that is either built thereon or is added thereon.

19. The eyewear frame system according to claim 18, wherein the main section of the attachment is made with additional functional shapes thereon, comprising a hook or a ring.

20. The eyewear frame system according to claim 19, wherein a pair of the attachments are applied to both temple pieces of the eyewear, and wherein a string is fastened to the hooks or rings on both attachments to serve as a retainer of the eyewear.