This is a 35 U.S.C. 371 National Stage Patent Application of International Application No. PCT/RO2018/000009, filed Jun. 12, 2018, which claims priority to Romanian application A/00419, filed Jun. 23, 2017, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The invention relates to an attachable spectacle case for spectacles or sun glasses.
Spectacle cases are often designed to receive the entire rim of the glasses. Although, on the one hand, framing the entire rim by the spectacle case provides a good protection for the glasses, on the other hand, their portability is limited.
Ordinary glasses rims, which frame the entire rim, are generally massive, made of non-deformable materials, making it difficult to carry in clothing. For this reason, most people do not keep their glasses in such spectacle cases, but carry them in their pockets, such as the breast pocket, or just leave them in handy places when they are not needed.
In the most common cases, glasses are lost, their lenses may be scratched or may be covered by dust when left uncovered, or glasses can easily break when they are dropped, so there is a need for making a simple, easy, flexible and with a reduced gauge.
Several types of spectacle cases are known which have advantages and disadvantages and which are disclosed in OSIM Romania patent applications A2014 00663 and PCT/RO2015/000021 incorporated by reference herein, as well as in patents and patent applications EP2976961A1, JP4011034B2, U.S. Pat. No. 4,290,522, WO2011095864A2.
The disadvantage of the solution in patent applications OSIM Romania A2014 00663 and PCT/RO2015/000021 consists in the fact that the described spectacle case can only be used for spectacle-like types of sizes, due to the fact that the clasp of the spectacle case attaches to the rim of the bridge of the glasses and cannot be attached to glasses with similar bridges, which limits the applicability of the solution. The purpose of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage in that a spectacle case fabricated according to the invention can be used for relatively different size glasses, with different bridges, thus giving it greater applicability.
The spectacle case according to the invention is made of a body of sufficiently rigid material such as natural or synthetic leather or plastic, whether or not combined with textile materials, the body of material having a front face and a rectangular rear face, separated by means of a central, rectangular, elastic surface and folding to one another by folding lines, the rear side being provided with a groove which is folded over the nose pads of the glasses, coming in contact with them and having the role to fix the glasses inside the spectacle case.
The solution according to the present invention has the advantage over other inventions that it is simpler, more convenient and easier to use. Also, another main advantage is that the same spectacle case can be used for fairly different types of spectacles.
According to the invention, the spectacle case also has the advantage of a reduced gauge, which can be stored in any pocket, neck or hip in any kind of bag and chair in a hard case without uncomfortable protection lenses of glasses against touch, pressure and abrasion. Also, another advantage is that it can be produced easily and cheaply.
Here are some examples of embodiments of the invention, with reference to
The spectacle case according to the invention, as depicted horizontally in
The manner in which this constructive version of the spectacle case is attached is shown in
Another simple constructive version of the spectacle case is that in which the surface c is missing and the two sides a and b are respectively curved and the rear side b is curved so as to come into contact with the lower part of the nose pads of the bridge, thus fastening the spectacle case on the glasses. By prolonging the sides a and b so that they come in contact with one another, the constructive version of the spectacle case that fully protects the bottom of the glasses is obtained —
It is possible to make a very simple version of the spectacle case, the sides a and b being flat and the inner part of the side b is provided with a horizontal pawl p for the nose pads of the bridge—
The same solution can be also applied to the clasp variant, in which case the ac and bc sides are flat and the bc side is provided internally with the pawl p, which has the function of fixing the nose pads—
For a better fixation of the nose pads, the inner face of the spectacle case or the bc side of the clasp can be additionally provided with two additional pawls q, which are in the form of rectangular surfaces disposed perpendicularly to the side b or the side bc, oriented vertically or obliquely with the pawl p, and the pawls q are intended not to let the nose pads move sideways. In order to achieve a firm attachment of the spectacle case, the inner sides a and b of the spectacle case or ac and bc of the clasp are provided in the central area with spacers r which are designed to form a space between them to accommodate several size types of bridges, but also to limit their movement inside the spectacle case—
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