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Eyeglass frame having flexible temples

  • US 6,886,934 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2003
  • Issued: 05/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A temple for eyewear, comprising:

  • an elongate body having opposite front and rear ends and opposite inner and outer surfaces, said front end being adapted to be connected to an eyewear front and said inner surface being adapted to be positioned against a head of a wearer of the eyewear, said elongate body having a notch formed at least partially between said inner and outer surfaces and opening at a rear to said outer surface to thereby form a thinned wall section between said notch and said inner surface and a rearwardly facing projection between said notch and said outer surface, said thinned wall section having a smaller cross-section than a remaining portion of said elongate body and providing outward flexibility to said temple, said projection having a rearwardly facing tip and being spaced from said notch to thereby define a gap between said tip and said notch adapted to receive an object to enable the temple to be clipped to an object, said gap being defined in a clipped condition of the temple and in an unclipped condition of the temple.

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