Patent · US Expired

Multipurpose eyeglass device

US7175275B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by
2References
29Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 2004
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 20, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A pair of spectacles includes a main frame having a magnetic bridge piece. An auxiliary inner frame is secured by a magnetic member to the bridge piece and an outer auxiliary lens is similarly secured by a magnet to the bridge piece and at lateral locations onto edges of the main frame. The auxiliary outer lens is secured by a magnetic button which is inserted through an aperture in the outer lens and has a magnetic member an a head which is sized to overly the aperture. The magnetic member embedded in the button attracts the magnetic bridge piece thereby attaching the button to the main frame, the head overlies the aperture and secures the outer frame to the main frame.

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