Temple for eyewear

• US 5,631,718 A
• Filed: 06/25/1996
• Issued: 05/20/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Luxottica Leasing S.P.A.
• Original Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (Bausch Health Cos., Inc.)
• Inventors: Brune, Henri, Markovitz, Aaron M., Raub, Jeffrey K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung X.
• Application Number:
  US08/668,392
• Time in Patent Office: 329 Days
• Field of Search: 351/119, 351/118, 351/121, 351/123, 351/122, 351/111, 351/113, 351/41, 2/426, 2/448
• US Class Current: 351/119
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/00 Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof G02C7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/16 Frame or frame portions made from rubber
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/003 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head in the position of use
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/10 Intermediate bars or bars between bridge and side-members
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/143 having special ear pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/16 resilient or with resilient parts
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/20 adjustable, e.g. telescopic

Abstract

Temples for eyewear include a first portion for contacting the head of the wearer and a second portion for connecting the first temple portion to the eyewear front. The first temple portion is movable to accommodate a wide variety of head shapes or sizes and provide a more secure fit.

Claims

1. Eyewear comprising:

a front and two temples extending rearwardly from opposed ends of said front, wherein each temple comprises;

a first temple portion for contacting the head of a wearer, said first temple portion having anterior and posterior ends and a centerpoint lying midway said anterior and posterior ends of said first temple portion, and

a second temple portion for interconnecting said first temple portion and said front, said second temple portion including a posterior end and an anterior end, said second temple portion anterior end being pivotally connected to said eyewear front and movable with respect thereto about a first pivot axis, and said second temple portion posterior end being pivotally connected to said first temple portion at a location between said first temple portion centerpoint and said first temple portion posterior end,

said first temple portion being movable with respect to said second temple portion at the point of connection of said posterior end of said second temple portion to said first temple portion about a second pivot axis which extends parallel to said first pivot axis.

2. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein said first temple portion includes opposite exterior and interior surfaces, said interior surface contacting the head of the wearer when the eyewear is worn by the wearer, said posterior end of said second temple portion connected to said exterior surface of said first temple portion.

3. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein said first temple portion is connected to said second temple portion with a hinge.

4. The eyewear of claim 3, wherein said first temple portion is connected to said second temple portion with a spring action hinge.

5. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein the second temple portion includes a flexible section adjacent said second temple portion posterior end and said first temple portion is pivotal about said flexible section.

6. The eyewear of claim 5, wherein the flexible section is constructed of metal and has increased flexibility than the remainder of said second temple portion.

7. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein said pivotal connection is located rearwardly adjacent the ear of a wearer when the eyewear is placed on the wearer'"'"'s head.

8. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein said first temple portion has an elongated arcuate shape extending along a single plane which lies substantially normal to the axis about which said first temple portion moves relative to said second temple portion, said first temple portion including an arcuate interior surface for contacting the head of a wearer.

9. The eyewear of claim 8, wherein said first temple portion has an arcuate length of at least 2 inches.

10. The eyewear of claim 8, wherein said second temple portion has an elongated arcuate shape extending along said single plane.

11. The eyewear of claim 10, wherein the radius of curvature of said first and second temple portions are substantially the same such that said first and second temple portions lie along substantially the same arc when said anterior end of said first temple portion is moved against said second temple portion.

12. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein said anterior end of said first temple portion includes a slotted aperture through which a central section of said second temple portion freely extends.

13. The eyewear of claim 12, wherein said slotted aperture defines maximum pivotal movements of said first temple portion with respect to said second temple portion.