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Retainer system for replacing existing eyeglass temples

  • US 5,781,273 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1996
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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