DE9208295U1 - Spectacle frame and clip-on device for glasses - Google Patents

Description

SAMSON &

PATENT ATTORNEYS EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS

OUR REF DATE

C910-3-T 92 Gbm 22 June 1992

Tu/4

Applicant:

CASANOVA

Glasses and Fashion Sales GmbH

Laintalstrasse 23 8102 Mittenwald

Eyeglass frames and fittings for glasses Description

The present invention relates to a spectacle frame and a device for spectacles.

The eyewear sector has recently undergone rapid change. While glasses used to serve their owner as a universal model for all occasions, it is now common to choose the right glasses for every event, as glasses are increasingly being recognized as an expression of the wearer's personality. Different models of glasses are therefore increasingly being worn in leisure time, at work and in private.

Eyewear technology has not been able to keep up with this trend quickly enough. Every customer wants to buy one or more individual eyewear models. This often puts too much strain on the optician's inventory, as he should always offer the customer a sufficient variety of models. The optician must therefore constantly expand his inventory if he wants to withstand the pressure of competition.

Another problem with glasses is the individual design after purchase. Although the glasses sales sector already offers a wide variety of different glasses techniques and designs, there are unfortunately still strict limits on the individual design and labeling of the glasses even after purchase.

The present invention aims to individually mark glasses.

This aim is achieved in a generic spectacle frame by means for attaching an identification or communication element (claim 1). It is also achieved by a device for spectacles for individual identification and/or communication, in particular for attaching or clipping onto or onto a spectacle frame (claim 5).

A basic idea of the present invention is to design glasses in such a way that an accessory can be attached to the frame or the rim. The wearer of the glasses therefore has the option of individually changing and labeling their glasses even after purchase. This also reduces the optician's inventory, because the option of subsequently attaching an accessory means that a pair of glasses can be changed in amazing ways.

However, the invention surprisingly opens up a completely different possibility: the use of glasses as a means of communication. Depending on the type and design of the pin, it is possible to vary contact with the outside world in an astonishing way. The shape, color and - not to be underestimated - the motif of the pin play a major role.

It has proven to be particularly practical if the device is designed as a clip. A clip can be attached and/or clipped onto glasses models or can also be clipped onto glasses models that do not have a special means of attaching an identification or communication device. This means that glasses of all kinds can be upgraded to communication glasses even after they have been purchased.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the means for attaching the identification or communication element is a holder into or onto which the element can be inserted or plugged (claim 2). Such a holder can thus be easily integrated into a pair of glasses (or a pair of glasses frames).

According to a particularly inventive design of the invention, the holder is designed as a wire attachment to the spectacle frame and is arranged in particular next to a temple joint 0 (claim 3). This advantageously opens up particularly sophisticated ways of using the spectacles. If the spectacle wearer so wishes, the clip-on device can be left out for a while if the spectacles are designed to be inconspicuous. The spectacles are then "neutral" so to speak. Only if the spectacle wearer wants to change his spectacles or if he wants to use his spectacles specifically as a means of communication or to mark his spectacles, does he attach the clip-on device to the spectacles.

The identification or communication element is particularly preferably a pin-on sticker that can be attached to the wire attachment via a sleeve (claim 4). A pin-on sticker can easily be varied so that it has different effects. This makes it possible to express a wide variety of feelings with the glasses, which have been upgraded to a means of communication, and to show an outsider

person. The sleeve allows the clip-on device to be attached to various types of glasses.

For example, there are times when the person wearing glasses feels "good" or is simply "in a good mood". The person wearing glasses is open to other people's ideas or problems, he is "approachable". However, there are also times when you would prefer to be left alone. In this case, it is possible to send signals to other people using the "communication glasses".

The invention is described in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further advantages of the invention will also become clear.

The single figure shows a pair of glasses with a frame according to the invention and a clip-on device according to the invention.

According to Fig. 1, a combined identification or communication element in the form of a clip-on device or a clip-on sticker 4 is attached to a pair of glasses 1 with a frame 2 according to the invention and lenses 3.

In addition to its technical effect, the clip-on device 4 also has an aesthetic effect (in the sense of decorating the glasses). The clip-on device 4 is inserted with a sleeve 5 onto a freely protruding end 6' of a first lower section 6 of a metal or wire glass outer edge of the metal wire eyeglass frame 2. Alternatively, it is also possible to drill a small hole with a thread into the end or the short freely protruding wire attachment 6' of the lower section 6, into which the clip-on device can be screwed.

The lower section 6 of the metal glass outer edge is opposite an upper section 7. The upper section 7

forms the supporting element of the glasses, as it extends over both lenses 3 and forms both a nose bridge 8, to which nose pads 9 are attached, and also screw-on options 11 for foldable earpieces 12, which are bent backwards to suit the sections 10.

The lenses 3 are "rimless" (or with a thin metal inner rim - not shown) attached to the lower and upper sections 6, 7 of the metal outer rim via short connecting bars 13. The entire pair of glasses is given excellent stability with simultaneous lightness thanks to this original construction. In this way, it is possible to create optically interesting glasses with relatively small lenses and yet a large outer rim in an astonishing way.

The optically interesting effect of the glasses is greatly enhanced by the easily replaceable clip-on device 4, which in the example shown in Fig. 1 is printed with a "smiley". The smiley unconsciously lifts the mood of the person wearing the glasses who is talking to them, as one unconsciously reacts to the smile of the subject. On the other hand, the smiley expresses the willingness to have a "positive" conversation. The smiley symbolizes, so to speak, the willingness of the person wearing the glasses to communicate well, to respond to others, to listen attentively. Finally, when the person wearing the glasses takes off their glasses, they can look at the smiley themselves and thus lift their own mood.

Analogous effects can be achieved by using appropriate colors for the plug-in devices. Based on traffic light colors "red, yellow, green" means, for example:

RED: STOP (please not now);

YELLOW: DANGER (only disturb if high priority is present);

GREEN: FREE TRAVEL (what would you like to talk to me about?).

The wearer of glasses can express a variety of feelings with one (single!!) pair of glasses, or communicate with the outside world without comment.

In another variant of the invention and a corresponding design of the glasses, it is even possible to use two clip-on devices, for example "smiley" on the left and "color" on the right.

In summary, it can be stated that with the glasses in question, the expressive possibilities of a pair of glasses are significantly increased in a technically uncomplicated way, which leads to a reduction in the optician's inventory and new uses for the glasses themselves.

Claims (4)

SAMSON & PARTNER PATENT ATTORNEYS EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS OUR REF DATE C910-3-T 92 Gbm 22 June 1992 Tu/4 Applicant: CASANOVA Glasses and Fashion Sales GmbH Laintalstrasse 23 8102 Mittenwald Eyeglass frames and fittings for glasses Requirements 1. Spectacle frame (2), characterized by Means (6') for attaching an identification or 0 communication element. 2. Spectacle frame according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for attaching the identification or communication element (4) is a holder into or to which the element (4) can be inserted or plugged. 3. Spectacle frame according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the holder is designed as a wire attachment (6') of the spectacle frame (2) and in particular arranged next to a temple joint (11). 4. Spectacle frame according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in the identification or communication element is a pin sticker (4) which can be attached to the wire attachment (6') via a sleeve (5). Device (4) for glasses for individual identification and/or communication, in particular for attaching or clipping onto or onto a spectacle frame (2). Device according to claim 5, characterized by a design as a set with different colored motifs.