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Coupling system for securing a one-piece lens to temples

  • US 6,742,891 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2002
  • Issued: 06/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An eyeglass assembly and coupling system therefor, comprising:

  • a one-piece lens having a pair of inserting ends respectively formed in opposing end portions thereof, each of said end portions having a hole formed therethrough adjacent a respective one of said inserting ends;

    a pair of temples respectively secured to said opposing end portions of said one-piece lens, each of said temples having a longitudinally extending front head portion with a room extending longitudinally therein, said room having a rear end portion, said front head portion having a cavity formed in an outer surface thereof and a through hole disposed in said cavity, said through hole extending through said front head portion and being in open communication with said room, each said end portion of said one-piece lens being received in said room of said front head portion of a respective temple, each said inserting end of said one-piece lens contacting said rear end portion of a respective room and said hole in each said end portion being disposed in aligned relationship with a through hole of a respective one of said front head portions; and

    , a pair of marking blocks respectively having an upper surface with a predetermined configuration and an inserting hook extending from a rear surface thereof, said inserting hook having a stopping member at a distal end thereof, each said marking block being disposed in a respective one of said cavities with said inserting hook thereof being passing through said through hole and said corresponding hole of said one-piece lens and said stopping member engaging an inner side of said front head portion to thereby secure said temples to said one-piece lens.

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