Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
  • G02C1/00—Assemblies of lenses with bridges or browbars
  • G02C1/06—Bridge or browbar secured to or integral with closed rigid rims for the lenses
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
  • G02C1/00—Assemblies of lenses with bridges or browbars
  • G02C1/04—Bridge or browbar secured to or integral with partial rims, e.g. with partially-flexible rim for holding lens
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
  • G02C9/00—Attaching auxiliary optical parts
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
  • G02C2200/00—Generic mechanical aspects applicable to one or more of the groups G02C1/00 - G02C5/00 and G02C9/00 - G02C13/00 and their subgroups
  • G02C2200/02—Magnetic means

Definitions

• auxiliary eyewear attachments which connect to primary or conventional eyeglasses with magnets or clips, allow the user to convert a pair of conventional eyeglasses to sunglasses and to avoid the need for an additional pair of prescription sunglasses.
• This auxiliary eyewear can also be used to change the prescription of the lenses on the primary eyewear.
• Many current designs attach auxiliary eyewear using magnets or clips at various locations on a pair of conventional or primary eyeglasses.
• the space or separation between the two lenses may cause some distraction to the field of vision of the user.
• Many current styles of sunglasses have smaller or narrow lenses. Because the field of vision through these lenses is smaller than through larger lenses, when auxiliary lenses are attached to the primary or conventional eyewear, the user may see the difference between the two sets of lenses. This difference can be quite distracting to the user.
• Fig. 14 shows a side view of a "bottom mount" of the lens frame on top of the eyewear platform at the nose bridge.
• Fig. 20 shows a side view of the embodiment of Fig. 19.
• Fig. 22 shows a side view of another embodiment of the invention where the eyewear bridge is removably attached over the top of the lens frame with magnets.
• Fig. 25 shows an exploded view of another embodiment where the lens frame is removably attached to the eyewear platform with clips and without magnets.
• the temple socket 85 further comprises at least one magnet 100.
• This magnet 61 can be situated in a variety of different locations on the temple socket 85; said temple socket magnet 100 has a magnet contact surface 105.
• Figs. 1-6 show the temple socket magnet 100 lies within and is surrounded by the temple socket 85; the magnet contact surface 105 can lie flush with either the first or second temple socket surfaces 90, 95.
• the magnet 100 may lie above the temple socket surfaces 90, 95 to create another elevation 110 on said temple socket.
• the magnet 100 may also lie below the temple socket surfaces 90, 95 to create a temple socket depression 115. Additionally, there can be multiple magnets in the temple socket. Further, the magnets do not need to be completely surrounded by the temple socket 85.
• Figs. 1- 3 show the lens frame 10 mounted below the eyewear platform 15.
• Fig. 2 shows the second temple socket surface 95 and the contact surface 107 of temple socket magnet 100 making contact against the first appendage socket surface 50 and the first contact surface 65 of the appendage socket magnet 60 so that said magnets 100 and 60 are aligned to provide effective resistance from said lens frame 10 from becoming involuntarily detached from said eyewear platform 15.
• Fig. 3 shows the first contact surface of the appendage socket magnet 60 making contact with the second contact surface of the temple socket magnet 100 within the depression 115 of the temple socket 85.
• the temple socket depression 115 or a similar appendage depression socket allows for some greater resistance from horizontal or side-to-side displacement.
• the appendage socket 45 and the temple socket 85 can be in different shapes, including circles, square, rectangles, or ovals.
• Figs. 11 and 12 show another embodiment of the invention where an appendage prong 140 is located and oriented horizontally as compared to the vertical placement of the embodiments shown in Figs. 8 through 10.
• This horizontally mounted appendage prong 140 mates and couples with a horizontally placed temple socket 85 in a similar fashion to the embodiments shown in Figs. 8 through 10.
• the appendage socket 45 can also reach under the platform arm 80 and the temple socket 85 such that the appendage socket magnet 60 aligns and couples with the temple socket magnet 100 at an interface 305 and said magnets provide effective resistance from said lens frame 10 from becoming involuntarily detached from said eyewear platform 15. Also, the interface between the magnets is parallel with the face of the user or the lenses.
• eyeglasses 5 with lenses 20 removably attached and connected to an eyewear platform 15.
• the lenses 20 sit behind the eyewear platform 15.
• These lenses 20 can be attached to the eyewear platform 15 using similar magnet attachments on the appendages 35 and platform arms 80 as described above and shown in Fig. 1-6.
• these lenses 20 can also be removably coimected to the bridge portion 77 of the eyewear platform 15 with magnets 310, 312 on the lenses 20 themselves.
• the lenses 20 can also be connected to the bridge portion 77 of the eyewear platform 15 with other non-magnetic connection devices such as clips or snap connection devices.
• either the temple socket or the appendage sockets can have depressions, wherein the particular magnet may sit within a depression formed in the other socket.
• the magnet of the appendage socket can lie above the surface of the appendage to create another elevation.
• This "elevated" appendage socket magnet fits within a depression or a concave area of the temple socket so that there is some resistance along the horizontal axis and so that there is further resistance from the lenses from becoming involuntarily detached from the eyewear platform.
• the magnets 310, 312 are oriented to couple, to mate, and to contact either the eyewear platform attachment surface 270 of the bridge portion 77 of the eyewear platform 15 or magnets 275 on said surface 270 such that the maximum magnetic attractive force is achieved along the horizontal axis 136 to provide an effective resistance from said lenses 20 from becoming involuntarily detached from said eyewear platform 15.
• the platform arm magnet 355 is oriented to couple with the magnet 60a in the appendage 35.
• the platform arm magnet 355 engages and mates with the appendage socket magnet 60a to provide an effective resistance from said lens frame 10 from becoming involuntarily detached from said eyewear platform 15.
• magnets are used to removably attach the lens frame 10 to the eyewear platform 15.
• the lens frame 10 or lenses 20 can also be removably connected to the eyewear platform using snap connections 400.
• the snap comiection 400 is comprised of two basic elements: (1) a ball or male portion 405 and (2) a socket or female portion 410.
• the ball/male portion 405 is located on the appendage 35 of the lens frame 10; and the socket/female portion 410 is located on the platform arms 80 of the eyewear platform 15.
• this invention also allows for attaclnnent of the lens frame 10 or lenses 20 to the eyewear platform 15 with magnets. Magnets can be placed on either or both of the platform terminal end 420 and the corresponding part of the appendage terminal end 415.
• the male and female portions can be interchanged so that the male portion 405 can be placed on the platform arm inner surface 440 and the corresponding female portion 410 can be placed on the appendage outer surface 425.
• this snap connection 400 as shown in Fig. 46 can also be used in embodiments with lenses 20, which are comiected with a lens connector 190, as shown in Figs. 31 and 33.

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