Structure of foldable glasses

• US 6,048,062 A
• Filed: 02/04/1999
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ching-Chain Chow
• Original Assignee: Ching-Chain Chow
• Inventors: Chow, Ching-Chain
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung Xuan
• Application Number:
  US09/244,171
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 351/63, 351/41, 351/158, 351/111, 351/119, 351/118, 351/124, 351/128, 2/454
• US Class Current: 351/63
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/08 foldable

Abstract

An improved structure of a foldable glasses comprises two lenses and two supporting legs. The front ends of the two supporting legs are pivotally connected with outer sides of the two lenses, the supporting legs are formed with respective front sections and rear sections, the front sections and the rear sections are pivotally connected with one another. Each of the two lenses has a respective pivotal portion, and the two pivotal portions are horizontally penetrated by a pivotal element so as to pivotally connect the two lenses. Thereby, foldable, portable and storable glasses structure are formed and these glasses are suitable to glasses without frames and have a special folded way. Thus, the two lenses and two supporting legs are formed with a folding way in different directions so as to reduce the overlapping width.

Claims

1. A collapsible eyeglass system comprising:

(a) a pair of pivotally coupled lenses, said lenses each having an outer end and an inner end, said lenses each having formed at said inner end thereof a pivotal portion, said pivotal portions being disposed in substantially planar contact one with the other in angularly displaceable manner about a first pivot axis extending in a lateral direction; and

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(b) a pair of supporting leg members respectively coupled to said lenses, each said supporting leg member including pivotally coupled front and rear sections, said front section being pivotally coupled to said outer end of one said lens for displacement relative to said lens about a second pivot axis, said rear section being displaceable relative to said front section about a third pivot axis, at least one of said second and third axes extending in a direction transverse to said lateral direction.

2. The collapsible eyeglass system as recited in claim 1 wherein each said lens includes a substantially planar top end.

3. The collapsible eyeglass system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a pivotal element and a fixing element mated thereto for coupling together said pivotal portions of said lenses, said pivotal element defining said first pivot axis.

4. The collapsible eyeglass system as recited in claim 1 wherein said pivotal portions are integrally formed, respectively, on said lenses.