CA1041813A - Ball mounted self-adjusting eyeglasses - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A pair of eyeglasses in which the frame member is joined to each temple member and to each nose piece member by a ball joint so as to eliminate any torque pressure on the wearer, with the temples and nose pieces free to rotate to fit the profile of the wearer, with the temples and nose pieces free to rotate to fit the profile of the wearer of the eyeglasses.

Description

SUM~RY OF THE INVE~ION
My invention is a pair of eyeglasses in which the frame member is ~oined to each temple member and to each nose piece member by a ball Joint so as to eliminate any torque pressure on the wearer, with the temples and nose pieces free to rotate to fit the profile of the ~earer of the eyeglasses.
The eyeglasses of my invention eliminate the discomfort caused by excesslve pressure of a temple or nose piece member against the ear or nose of the wearer due to malad~ustment of the eyeglass frame.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRANINGS
The ob~ècts and features of the invention m~y be understood with reference to the following detailed descrlption of an illustrative embodiment of the ';^' .

1041~3 invention, taken toge~her with the accompanying draw~ngs in which:
~IG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of a temple member and frame;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the temple member in the folded position; and FIG. 4 is an exploded fragmentary side view o~
a ball and socket jolnt.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates a pa~r of eyeglasses 10 in which each temple plece 11 and each nose piece 12 is mounted by means o~
a ball and socket ~oint 15 to the ~rame 16 of the eye-glasses, whlch enclose the lenses 18 ~ -While the preferred embodiment, as shown in ~IGS. 2-~, utilizes a ball 22 fastened to the temple 11 or nose pièce 12 members and a socket 21 fastened at each location to the frame 16, the posit~ons of the ball 22 and socket 21 may be reversed.
As ~hown in FIG. 4, the ball 22A m~y be formed wlth a slot 28 to enable compressing the ball 22A
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when ~itting past the opening 26 of the socket 21, with the spring action of the material of the ball 22A
enabling the ball to expand in the socket 21 in the assembled state.
By means o~ this invention, each nose plece 12 and temple piece 11 may orient at an angle to the attached frame 16 so as to ~urnlsh optimum comfort to the wearer while the ball and socket ~oints 15 furnish full vertical and horizontal support between the nose ; 10 pieces, temple pieces and frame.
Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodlment o~ the invention described herein, ~ -such modifications being within the spirit and scope of the invention claimed, it iæ indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative ~ ~`
and not as limiting in scope.

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Claims (2)

The embodiments of which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A pair of eyeglasses comprising a frame member enclosing a pair of eyeglass lenses, a pair of individual temple pieces and a pair of individual nose support pieces, with each temple piece and each nose support piece individually mounted by a ball and socket joint to the frame member, such that each of the two temple pieces and each of the two nose support pieces are pivotally mounted with respect to the frame and with respect to each of the other said piece.

2. The combination as recited in claim 1 which a ball member is slotted so as to provide elastic deflection, when the ball is compressed in fitting into or out of a socket said ball member biased to expand in the socket by spring action of the ball material, in the assembled state.