Patent Application
20160070118
Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to eyewear assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new eyewear assembly for allowing the lenses to be pivoted and interchanged as needed to ensure that desired lenses are readily accessible.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a frame having a pair of temples and a front. The front is coupled to and extends between the pair of temples. A lens assembly is provided and includes a first pair of lenses. Each of the lenses of the first pair of lenses is pivotally coupled to the front of the frame to allow the first pair of lenses to be pivoted toward and away from the front of the frame.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A lens assembly 54 is provided that includes a first pair of lenses 56, 58. The first pair of lenses 56, 58 may comprise any type of lenses, such as prescription lenses, sunglass lenses, safety lenses or the like. Each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 is pivotally coupled to the front 18 of the frame 12 to allow the first pair of lenses 56, 58 to be pivoted toward the front 18 of the frame 12 when needed and away from the front 18 of the frame 12 when not needed. In particular, each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 may pivot upwardly relative to the front 18 of the frame 12. Each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 may be removably coupled to the front 18 of the frame 12 whereby the first pair of lenses 56, 58 are interchangeable to allow the user to choose appropriate lenses for a particular occasion. Each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 is positionable within an associated one of the rims 20, 22 such that the associated rim 20, 22 extends at least partially around the respective lens 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58. Each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 has an upper edge 60, 62, a lower edge 64, 66, an inner edge 68, 70 and an outer edge 72, 74.
A lens bridge 76 is coupled to and extends between each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58. The lens bridge 76 is coupled to the frame bridge 24. A pair of hinges 78, 80 may be provided wherein each of the hinges 78, 80 pivotally couples a respective one of the lenses 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 to the lens bridge 76 such that each of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 is pivotable independently of each other. Each of the hinges 78, 80 may be coupled to the respective lens 56, 58 at a juncture between the upper edge 60, 62 and the inner edge 68, 70 of the respective lens 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58. A coupler 82 releasably couples the lens assembly 54 to the front 18 of the frame 12. The coupler 82 releasably couples the lens bridge 76 to the frame bridge 24 for attaching the first pair of lenses 56, 58 to the frame 12. The coupler 82 may comprise a clip 84.
As shown in an alternative embodiment of
In use, desired lenses are attached to the frame 12 using the coupler 82. When a user desires to use the first pair of lenses 56, 58, the lenses 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 are pivoted downwardly and positioned in front of the user's eyes. When not needed, the lenses 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 are pivoted upwardly above the rims 20, 22. In this manner, the assembly 10 allows the frame 12 to remain safely on the user's head while the lenses 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 58 are not being used. The lenses 56, 58 of the first pair of lenses 56, 68 can be interchanged as desired to provide eye protection, improved visual acuity or the like. The second pair of lenses 86, 88 may provide permanent lenses for the assembly 10 such that a person wearing the assembly 10 need only flip down the first pair of lenses 56, 58 to be able to look through both the first 56, 58 and second 86, 88 pairs of lenses.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
