Patent · US Expired

Eyeglass with flip-up auxiliary lens assembly

US6820976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 2003
Grant dateNov 23, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C2200/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Eyeglasses comprise a pair of spectacles having primary lenses and an auxiliary lens assembly attached to the spectacles. The auxiliary lens assembly is secured by a pair of arms having magnets at one end that co-operate with magnets provided on the spectacles. A hinge is provided at the opposite end o f the arms that allow the auxiliary lens assembly to move from a position in which the primary lenses are covered to a position in which they are exposed.

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