US790448A - Mounting for eyeglasses. - Google Patents

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No. 790,448. I PATENTED MAY 23, 1905. P. 0. MEEEY. MOUNTING EOE EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905 I PATENT OEEIcE.

FREDERICK C. MERRY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MERRY OPTICAL COMPANY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 'A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI. I

MOUNTING FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 790,448, dated. May 23, 1905.

' Application filed July 18, 1904:- Serial No. 216,976.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. MERRY,

v a citizen of the United States, residing at Kanpart of the mounting known as the nose-' guard.

It is the object of my invention to provide a mounting in which the nose-guard 18 so constructed as to be practically unnoticeable while the eyeglasses are being worn andto accomplish this object without sacrificing the gripping strength or elasticity of the guard. In doing this I provide improved details of structure, which will presently be fully described, and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like reference-numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mounting provided with my improved guard.v Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a pair of eyeglasses provided with such a mounting as they ap pear when posited on the nose of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the noseguard.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 1 is the usual post or stud to which the parts carrying the lenses are secured. 2 is the ordinary nose-spring, usually secured to the inner end of stud 1 by means of a screw passing through said spring and into said stud.

Secured to stud 1, preferably by means of the screw which holds spring 2, is the lip 3 of a depending nose-guard 4, which is preferably constructed of but a single piece of metal.

Lip 3 extends at an angle to the body of the guard in order that it may fit smoothly on stud 1. Below lip 3 guard 4; is provided with an offset 5 for a purpose presently to be described, and at the lower end of said guard is a spring-loop 6. After making loop 6 guard 4 extends upwardly to form a gripping member 7 which is provided at its upper end with a suitable button or enlarged portion 8. In order to make the nose-guard as inconspicuous as possible, loop 6 is made very small, which necessarily decreases the elasticity of the guard, tending to render the same stiff and unyielding. 'Io obviate this, I provide gripping member 7 with longitudinal cut-out portions or grooves 9, thereby providing the requisite springiness or gradual flexibility for a safe and comfortable guard. In the use of a mounting provided with such a guard when the eyeglasses are placed in position on the bridge of the nose the button or enlarged portion on the upper end of the gripping memher will rest against the base of the nose and will be sprung back slightly over ofiset 5, which itself will yield slightly,while the lower part of the gripping member will have a yielding pressure against a lower portion of the nose, this arrangement throwing the upper part of the gripping member directly behind the stud and the lower parts of the guard very close together, which gives the mounting a neat and compact appearance not ordinarily obtained.

I have not described in detail the parts of the mounting not included in my invention, as these maybe of any suitable pattern or construction, and I do not wish to limit myself to the use of any particular kind. Neither do I wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a mounting for eyeglasses, the combination with a nose spring and lens carrying parts, of a one-piece nose-guard having a lip on its inner end for securing same to said nose-' portion is pressed thereagainst, substantially IO spring and lens-carrying parts, a rearwardlyas and forthe purpose set forth.

extending oflsetbelow said lip, a doWnWardly- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in extendilng portion, below slaid oiffset, having a presence of two Witnesses.

springoop at its lower en an an upwardly- 1 extending portion above said loop having lon- FRILD' MERE) 'gitudinal grooves along its face, the upper Witnesses: part of said upwardly-extending portion be- S. C. MGPHERRIN, ing adapted to bend over said ofi'set when said BENJ. L. BROWN.

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