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Apparatus for magnetic securing a spectacle frame to a support

US6168273A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1999
Grant dateJan 2, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S248/902
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spectacle frame which has two sides each of which includes a stud connected thereto by a hinge. The spectacle frame has a magnetic element which allows the spectacle frame to be fixed on a support. This magnetic element has at least one magnet connected to at least one of the two sides of the spectacle frame. The magnet can be either molded into the frame or affixed within a hole in at least one of the sides.

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