Patent · US Active

Eyewear retention system and method

US7686449B2 · kind B2 · utility

25Cited by
77References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 2007
Grant dateMar 30, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 24, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an eyewear retention system. In some embodiments, the eyewear retention system retains a lens by using at least one padding structure located between the lens and the lens holder. In some embodiments, the lens can be press fit into the frame and retained by the resulting interference fit. The lens holder, such as an orbital, can fully or partially surround the lens.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.