Eyeglass temples having angle adjustable arrangements

• US 6,543,896 B1
• Filed: 09/05/2002
• Issued: 04/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hsiu-Chuan Huang
• Original Assignee: Hsiu-Chuan Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Hsiu-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung Xuan
• Application Number:
  US10/235,294
• Time in Patent Office: 215 Days
• Field of Search: 351/120, 351/111, 351/116, 351/118, 351/119, 351/140, 351/153, 351/154, 351/41, 351/158, 162/28
• US Class Current: 351/120
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/18 Adjustment ridges or notches
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/20 adjustable, e.g. telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/2263 Composite hinges, e.g. for varying the inclination of the lenses

Abstract

An arrangement for angularly adjusting an eyeglass temple comprises a first connecting mechanism releasably connected to a frame, the first connecting mechanism comprising a lateral hole having a staged bore and a rear engagement section including inner outer projections; and a second connecting mechanism mounted on a front end of the temple, the second connecting mechanism comprising an inner flexible staged shaft secured in the lateral hole, a slit recessed into the staged shaft, an arcuate section adjacent the staged shaft, the arcuate section being urged by the outer projection, and a series of serrations recessed into the arcuate section with the inner projection interfitted into a space between adjacent ones of the series of serrations. An up or down movement of the temple about the frame causes the inner projection to switch a securing from one of the series of serrations to the other.

Claims

1. An arrangement for angularly adjusting each one of two temples for a pair of eyeglasses comprising:

a first connecting mechanism releasably connected to a frame, the first connecting mechanism comprising a lateral hole having a staged bore and a rear engagement section including an inner projection and an outer projection; and

a second connecting mechanism mounted on a front end of the temple, the second connecting mechanism comprising an inner flexible staged shaft secured in the lateral hole, a slit recessed into the staged shaft, an arcuate section adjacent the staged shaft, the arcuate section being urged by the outer projection, and a series of serrations recessed into the arcuate section with the inner projection interfitted into a space between adjacent ones of the series of serrations;

wherein an up or down movement of the temple respect to the frame causes the inner projection to switch a securing from one of the series of serrations to the other.