Patent Application
20180143457
The present invention relates to a magnetically mounted connector for adhesion of a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses and, more particularly, to a magnetically mounted connector by which a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses can be adhered to a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses.
The so-called front-hanging eyeglasses structure includes a pair of main eyeglasses and a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses, which features functional lenses as sunglasses or polarizers mostly. A user staying outside and dazzled by fierce sunlight could hang the pair of auxiliary eyeglasses in front of the pair of main eyeglasses to filter excessive sunlight without wearing another pair of main eyeglasses. As compact and light accessories, a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses is easily carried and worn.
A conventional front-hanging eyeglasses structure is usually provided with magnets that are installed on a spectacles frame of a pair of main eyeglasses as well as a spectacles frame of a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses for development of mutual magnetic attraction through which the pair of auxiliary eyeglasses and the pair of main eyeglasses are assembled or disassembled. However, magnets embedded in the spectacles frame of the pair of main eyeglasses is replaced inconveniently. Additionally, a pair of conventional front-hanging eyeglasses is structurally inapplicable to a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses. Specifically, a spectacles frame and a temple of a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses are made of metal laminates in general and not constructed as a good carrier in which any magnet is embedded. Furthermore, a spectacles frame and a temple in a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses usually join together through a laminate connector in which a magnet is embedded difficultly.
Thus, an objective of the present invention is to provide a magnetically mounted connector which is adapted for joining a spectacles frame and a temple of a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses, so that a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses can be hung on the pair of slim-frame eyeglasses and a magnet malfunctioned is replaced easily.
To achieve this and other objectives, a magnetically mounted connector of the present invention includes a connector body, a magnetic holder, and a magnet. The connector body is adapted for joining a spectacles frame and a temple of a pair of eyeglasses. The spectacles frame has a mounting portion at each of two lateral ends thereof. The magnetic holder is extended outward from the connector body. The magnet is held in the magnetic holder for combination of a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses to the pair of eyeglasses.
The magnetically mounted connector of the present invention is effective in not only joining a spectacles frame and a temple in a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses but also replacing connectors common in a pair of conventional slim-frame eyeglasses for adhesion of a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses to the pair of conventional slim-frame eyeglasses.
In an embodiment, the magnetic holder is situated at an inner side of the mounting portion of the spectacles frame to which the connector body is connected.
In an embodiment, the connector body includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end. The first end of the connector body is adapted to be connected to the mounting portion of the spectacles frame. The magnetic holder is extended outward from the first end or the second end of the connector body and is in the form of a collar. A cavity is formed in the magnetic holder, and an opening is provided in a top of the magnetic holder to allow the magnet to be placed in the cavity from the opening of the magnetic holder.
The present invention will become clearer in light of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments of this invention described in connection with the drawings.
The illustrative embodiments may best be described by reference to the accompanying drawings where:
A magnetically mounted connector according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is shown in
The magnetically mounted connector 20 includes a connector body 21, a magnetic holder 22 and a permanent magnet 23. The connector body 21 may have a distinct structure according to a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses. In this embodiment, the connector body 21 includes a first end 211 and a second end 212 opposed to the first end 211. A clearance slot 213 is formed in the connector body 21 and extended from the first end 211 to the second end 212. The first end 211 of the connector body 21 is adapted to be connected to the mounting portion 11 of the spectacles frame 10. In this embodiment, the mounting portion 11 of the spectacles frame 10 is inserted into the clearance slot 213 from the first end 211 and coupled with the connector body 21. Moreover, the first end 211 has gaps 214 in top and bottom sides thereof, respectively. When the mounting portion 11 of the spectacles frame 10 is inserted into and securely held in the clearance slot 213, the notches 12 in the mounting portion 11 are aligned to the gaps 214, so that the fastening portion 31 of the temple 30 can be fastened in the notches 12 and the gaps 214. In this embodiment, the magnetic holder 22 is extended forward or outward from the first end 211 of the connector body 21 and is in the form of a collar. With the connector body 21 and the mounting portion 11 of the spectacles frame 10 joining together (see
When the spectacles frame 10 and the temples 30 join together through the magnetically mounted connectors 20, the pair of auxiliary eyeglasses 40 can be hung on the spectacles frame 10 because of the magnets 23 securely fixed in the magnetic holders 22 without falling. Moreover, a magnet malfunctioned can be easily removed with the magnetically mounted connector 20 replaced. In addition, a pair of auxiliary eyeglasses can be hung on a pair of slim-frame eyeglasses in which some conventional connectors are replaced by the magnetically mounted connectors 20.
The scope of the invention is to be indicated by the appended claims, rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.
