Patent Application
20150009468
1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to eyewear. More specifically, the present invention relates to eyewear having temples of substantially short length for providing comfort to its wearer.
2. Description of Related Art
Eyewear is used for a number of reasons, such as for vision correction, protection from sun rays, protection from dust particles, protection from light glare, style statement, etc. Further, eyewear may include plastic lenses or lenses made from glass. Furthermore, certain eyewear includes lenses made from glass and protected by a layer of plastic. The frame of the eyewear includes temples to fix the frame of the eyewear on facial structure of a human being. Temples are the side members that extend from lenses or frame of lenses along side of its wearer's head.
Traditionally, the temples are designed with a small downward loop at its end portion and are connected to the frame of the eyewear through hinges. The hinges in the temples of the eyewear enables the temples to be folded, which allows the eyewear to be stored in a convenient fashion. Further, the downward loop at the end of the temples is used to support weight of the eyewear on, and to be received by, the ears of its wearer. This prevents the eyewear from falling off the facial structure of its wearer.
However, the traditional approach of supporting the weight of, and securing, an eyewear on the ears of its wearer presents a number of disadvantages. One such disadvantage is the traditional temples often cause discomfort to its wearer by exerting pressure on an area behind the ears of its wearer. This pressure may be irritating to the wearer and may even cause temporary or even permanent creases/indentations in the wearers head. Such pressure may be reduced by selecting light weight eyewear frames. However, discomfort and irritation behind the ear's area may still exist.
Another disadvantage with traditional temples of eyewear is in the size of the frame of the eyewear. As head sizes of human beings vary from person to person, therefore, there is always a requirement to manufacture frames of the eyewear with a variety of sizes, which introduces a lot of manufacturing cost and resources. Further, it also creates a challenge for a buyer of the eyewear to find and select an eyewear frame that has exact fitting with head and face of the buyer. Also, it does not allow for interchangeability of eyewear between users.
Yet another disadvantage of using traditional temples of eyewear is that the traditional temples complicate wearing of headgears such as caps, hardhats, helmets, knitted headwear, and the like. While wearing a sports cap, for example, it is always difficult to anchor the traditional temples on the ears. Further, the design of the traditional temples is not suitable for athletic events. An additional strap may be a temporarily solution to bind the eyewear behind of the head during athletic events. However, this requires extra cost for purchasing the strap and the strap may be a distraction or violation of the sports' rules.
Therefore, a need exists for an eyewear that solves all the aforementioned disadvantages and provides suitable alternatives for keeping the eyewear in proper position on its wearer's facial structure.
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide an eyewear system. The eyewear system includes a pair of glasses that may also be lenses. The eyewear system further includes a frame for holding the pair of glasses comprising a nose bridge. The eyewear system further comprises a tensioner attached at the nose bridge for pressurizing/enabling the frame to clutch facial structure of a user who is wearing the eyewear.
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention further provide an apparatus for clutching facial structure of a user. The apparatus includes a pair of temples and glasses. The apparatus further includes a frame comprising a nose bridge and is further connected with the pair of temples via at least two hinges. The apparatus further comprises a tensioner attached at the nose bridge for pressurizing/enabling the frame and the pair of temples to make a grip on facial structure of a user who is wearing the apparatus.
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention further provide an eyewear. The eyewear includes a pair of glasses and temples. The eyewear further includes a frame to support the pair of temples and glasses. The eyewear further includes a spring at nose-bridge of the frame of the eyewear for pressurizing/enabling the frame of the eyewear to attain a folded position.
The present invention can provide a number of advantages depending on the particular configuration. First, the present invention provides an eyewear, an eyewear system, and an apparatus that grips the facial structure of its wearer in a comfortable and reliable manner. Further, the eyewear includes straight temples of short length that reaches only up to about the temple bone of its wearer's head and is not required to be supported by ear of the wearer. Furthermore, the eyewear includes a tensioner at its nose bridge that pressurizes the eyewear to continuously maintain a proper grip on the facial structure of its wearer. Additionally, temples of the proposed eyewear comprise cushions that comfort its wearer from the pressure applied by the tensioner.
Further, the eyewear provided by the present invention enables the people having skin allergies in their ear to wear the eyewear. Furthermore, the eyewear may also be used by the people that do not have an ear or have some irregularities with their ears. Moreover, the proposed eyewear also eases the people who usually wear headgears such as but not limited to, hats, caps, turbans, hardhats, helmets, and the like. In an additional embodiment, the proposed eyewear provides a suitable solution for the athletic players as the proposed eyewear provides a reliable grip on the facial structure of its wearer. Moreover, the proposed eyewear may be used by a number of people as a fashion accessory to enhance their style statements.
The preceding is a simplified summary of the present invention to provide an understanding of some aspects of the present invention. This summary is neither an extensive nor exhaustive overview of the present invention and its various embodiments. It is intended neither to identify key or critical elements of the present invention nor to delineate the scope of the present invention but to present selected concepts of the present invention in a simplified form as an introduction to the more detailed description presented below. As will be appreciated, other embodiments of the present invention are possible utilizing, alone or in combination, one or more of the features set forth above or described in detail below.
The above and still further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of embodiments thereof, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and wherein:
The headings used herein are for organizational purposes only and are not meant to be used to limit the scope of the description or the claims. As used throughout this application, the word “may” is used in a permissive sense (i.e., meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense (i.e., meaning must). Similarly, the words “include,” “including,” and “includes” mean including but not limited to. To facilitate understanding, like reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate like elements common to the figures.
In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments or other examples described herein. In some instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail, so as to not obscure the following description.
The phrases “at least one”, “one or more”, and “and/or” are open-ended expressions that are both conjunctive and disjunctive in operation. For example, each of the expressions “at least one of A, B and C”, “at least one of A, B, or C”, “one or more of A, B, and C”, “one or more of A, B, or C” and “A, B, and/or C” means A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, or A, B and C together.
The term “a” or “an” entity refers to one or more of that entity. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” can be used interchangeably herein. It is also to be noted the terms “comprising”, “including”, and “having” can be used interchangeably.
Further, the examples disclosed are for exemplary purposes only and other examples may be employed in lieu of, or in combination with, the examples disclosed. It should also be noted the examples presented herein should not be construed as limiting of the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure, as other equally effective examples are possible and likely.
Further, the eyewear frame 104 further comprises a tensioner 108 to hold the eyewear frame 104 on the facial structure of the user 102. The tensioner 108 is designed to press the eyewear frame 104 of the eyewear frame 104 onto the facial structure of the user 102 sufficiently for suppressing falling of the eyewear frame 104 from the facial structure of the user 102. In an embodiment, the tensioner 108 is designed to apply force on the eyewear frame 104 of the eyewear frame 104 to attain a folded position (as shown in
Further, the temples 206 are further mounted with cushions 208 to comfort user of the eyewear 200. In addition, the frame 202 of the eyewear 200 includes a hinge 210 as a substitute for or in cooperative combination with a nose-bridge of the eyewear 200. In an embodiment of the present invention, the hinge 210 enables the frame 202 of the eyewear to be folded into a closed position (as shown in
Further, the hinge 210 on the frame 202 of the eyewear 200 is mounted with a tensioner 212, such as a spring, a tension rod, or a coil.
Therefore, the eyewear 200 comprises a total of three hinges, i.e., hinge 210, hinge 302, and hinge 304. These three hinges enable the eyewear 200 to be folded from three different positions.
Further, the force exerted by the tensioner 212 on the frame 202 of the eyewear 200 may try to force the frame 202 to attain a folded/closed position. Such force, in an overall unfolded position (as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the tension spring 406 is designed to push the semi frames 402a and 402b towards each other, as shown in
Further, the at step 504, the user pushes the temples apart from each other in order to add tension/stress/strain at the tensioner that is present at nose bridge of the eyewear. The tension/stress/strain may enable (or pressurize) frame of the eyewear to attain an open position from the folded position. This enables a user to wear the eyewear as the temples and frame of the eyewear are now in open/unfolded position. Further, at step 506, as the temples of the eyewear are of short length and cannot be supported by ears of the user, therefore, the user may use the temples of the eyewear to wear the eyewear and let the tension/stress/strain exerted by the tensioner in the nose bridge to clutch facial structure of the user. This enables the eyewear to grip facial structure of the user in a proper manner that prevents falling of the eyewear even during athletic activities.
In an embodiment, the tensioner is designed to force frame of the eyewear to return back to folded position. Such force may be used to provide grip for the eyewear on the facial structure of the user. In an embodiment, the temples of the eyewear are provided with cushion means to comfort the user while wearing the eyewear. Further, the cushions may also be used to suppress the pressure exerted by the temples of the eyewear due to the tensioner.
It may be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the description provided above with the help of drawings. Further, positions, designs and sizes of various components, as shown in drawings, may not be considered as limiting. Various other embodiments in light of the scope of the present invention may be implemented. Further, the terms like fold, open, close and the like should not be considered as limiting for the present invention.
While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the present invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. In particular, it should be appreciated that any element of any embodiments disclosed herein may be combined with any other elements from any other embodiments disclosed herein, in accordance with yet further embodiments of the present invention.
The present invention, in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes components, methods, processes, systems, kits and apparatus substantially as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, sub-combinations, and subsets thereof. Those of skill in the art will understand how to make and use the present invention after understanding the present disclosure. The present invention, in various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes providing apparatus and processes in the absence of items not depicted and/or described herein or in various embodiments, configurations, or aspects hereof, including in the absence of such items as may have been used in previous devices or processes, e.g., for improving performance, achieving ease and reducing cost of implementation.
The foregoing discussion of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. The foregoing is not intended to limit the present invention to the form or forms disclosed herein. In the foregoing Detailed Description, for example, various features of the present invention are grouped together in one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. The features of the embodiments, configurations, or aspects of the present invention may be combined in alternate embodiments, configurations, or aspects other than those discussed above. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment, configuration, or aspect. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Moreover, though the description of the present invention has included description of one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects and certain variations and modifications, other variations, combinations, and modifications are within the scope of the present invention, e.g., as may be within the skill and knowledge of those in the art, after understanding the present disclosure. It is intended to obtain rights, which include alternative embodiments, configurations, or aspects to the extent permitted, including alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges or steps to those claimed, whether or not such alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges or steps are disclosed herein, and without intending to publicly dedicate any patentable subject matter.
