Retainer system for replacing existing eyeglass temples
First Claim
1. An eyewear retainer to be substituted for the temples of an eyeglass assembly, which assembly initially includes a forward structure having lenses and a first pair of hinge elements containing openings, and also initially includes a second pair of hinge elements containing openings and carried by the temples for initial attachment of the temples to the forward structure by fasteners extending through said openings in the first and second hinge elements, said retainer comprising:
- elongated, hermetically sealed elements to extend rearwardly from said forward structure at opposite sides of a user'"'"'s head and filled with a gas; and
connectors carried by said elongated elements at forward ends thereof and having projections adapted to be inserted through said openings in said first hinge elements and be retained therein to attach said elongated elements to said forward structure, whereby said temples may be detached from said forward structure and said projections engaged with said hinge elements to attach the connectors to the forward structure.
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Abstract
An eyewear retainer to be attached to the forward lens carrying frame of a pair of eyeglasses in substitution for the usual temples. The retainer has two flexible elongated elements connectible at their forward ends to the usual frame carried hinge elements, and which extend rearwardly about the head and are detachably and adjustably connected together at the back of the head, preferably by velcro fastener pads. The elongated elements may be formed as flexible plastic tubes, carrying connectors at their forward ends adapted to extend through openings in the frame carried hinge elements and be retained against separation therefrom.
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22 Claims
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1. An eyewear retainer to be substituted for the temples of an eyeglass assembly, which assembly initially includes a forward structure having lenses and a first pair of hinge elements containing openings, and also initially includes a second pair of hinge elements containing openings and carried by the temples for initial attachment of the temples to the forward structure by fasteners extending through said openings in the first and second hinge elements, said retainer comprising:
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elongated, hermetically sealed elements to extend rearwardly from said forward structure at opposite sides of a user'"'"'s head and filled with a gas; and connectors carried by said elongated elements at forward ends thereof and having projections adapted to be inserted through said openings in said first hinge elements and be retained therein to attach said elongated elements to said forward structure, whereby said temples may be detached from said forward structure and said projections engaged with said hinge elements to attach the connectors to the forward structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A retainer for use with an eyeglass structure having two lenses and having two hinge elements at opposite sides of the lenses containing hinge openings, said retainer comprising:
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two flexible tubes to be received at opposite sides of a user'"'"'s head; two wires attached to forward ends of said tubes and having portions adapted to be received within said openings in the two hinge elements respectively and be retained therein in a relation attaching said tubes to the hinge elements, said wires defining respective stop shoulders to cooperate with said eyeglass structure to limit the degree of pivotal movement of the respective flexible tubes relative to said eyeglass structure; and two hook and loop connector pads attached to rear end portions of said tubes respectively and adapted to be detachably and adjustably connected together at the back of the user'"'"'s head to hold said eyeglass structure in place in front of the user'"'"'s eyes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Eyewear retaining means comprising:
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two lengths of flexible tubing to be attached to opposite sides of an eyeglass structure for retaining the structure on a user; said lengths of tubing containing air or another gas and being sealed against communication of the gas between the interior and exterior of the tubing.
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20. An eyewear retainer assembly for releasable attachment to a forward structure of an eyeglass assembly, said forward structure having lenses and a first pair of hinge elements containing openings, said retainer comprising:
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elongated elements for extension rearwardly from said forward structure at opposite sides of a user'"'"'s head; and a plurality of connectors carried by said elongated elements at respective forward ends thereof and having projections adapted to be inserted through said openings in said first hinge elements and be retained therein to attach said elongated elements to said forward structure, each connector defining a stop shoulder to cooperate with said forward structure to limit the degree of pivotal movement of the respective said elongated elements relative to said forward structure.
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21. An eyewear retainer to be substituted for the temples of an eyeglass assembly, which assembly initially includes a forward structure having lenses and a first pair of hinge elements containing openings, and also initially includes a second pair of hinge elements containing openings and carried by the temples for attachment of the temples to the forward structure by fasteners extending through said openings in the first and second hinge elements, said retainer comprising:
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elongated elements to extend rearwardly from said forward structure at opposite sides of a user'"'"'s head, said elongated elements comprising flexible tubing; connectors carried by said elongated elements at forward ends thereof and having projections adapted to be inserted through said openings in said first hinge elements and be retained therein to attach said elongated elements to said forward structure; and said elongated elements each having a flattened portion disposed rearwardly of said respective connector and extending vertically to act as a hinge allowing flexure of said tubing about a vertical axis. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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Specification