DE9105449U1 - Foldable glasses - Google Patents

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PATENT ATTORNEYS

KERN, BREHM & PARTNER

Albert-Roßhaupter-Str. 73 · D-8000 Munich 70 · Telephone (0 89) / 60 -55 20 / 7 6(' 55 '/6 ■ Telecopy (0 89) 7 60 55 59 ■ Telex 5 214 950 isar d

G 91 05 449.4 Huang-8198/GM

David HUANG Vice President/CEO

21.1.1992

David HUANG

2nd Fl., No. 624, Min-Chuan E. Road,

Taipei, Taiwan,

Republic of China

Foldable glasses

The invention relates to a collapsible pair of glasses according to the preamble of claim 1.

A conventional pair of spectacles shown in Fig. 4 consists of a lens frame 10, two hinges 11, II ¹ arranged on the two outer sides of the lens frame, two nose pads 100, 100' arranged on the inner sides of the lens frame, two temples 12, 12 ^' connected to the two hinges 11, II 1 and two end pieces 120, 120 ' connected to the temples 12, 12'.

To use, the end pieces 120, 120' are placed behind the ears and the nose pads 100, 100' are placed on the nose of a person. To take them off, the two temples 12, 12' are folded onto the back of the lens frame 10.

Such glasses are disadvantageous in that

and the two brackets are arranged in such a way that they press the two sides of the head together.

Since the nose pads and the free ends of the two temples are provided with silicone rubber plates for skin contact, these glasses are prevented from slipping. In addition, the two temples have a clamping elasticity resulting from the elastic material, so that they can hardly fall off the two sides of a person's head.

When storing, these glasses can be folded to a smaller size than conventional glasses by pivoting the temples closer together towards the respective lens frame using the joints and then folding the lens frames towards each other using the joint in between. In this way, the folded glasses can be stored in a solid case.

An embodiment of the subject matter of the invention is explained in more detail below using the drawing. They show:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a collapsible pair of glasses according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the glasses according to the invention in the worn state; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the glasses according to the invention in the folded state.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional pair of glasses;

The collapsible glasses according to the invention shown in Fig. 1 have two lens frames 20, 20', two nose pads 200, 200', one of which is arranged on the inside of each lens frame 20, 20', two silicone rubber plates 201, 201', one of which is provided on each nose pad 200, 200', two joints 202, 202', one of which is arranged on the outer end of each lens frame 20, 20* and connected to one end of each temple 22, 22', a joint 21 arranged between the two lens frames 20, 20', two temples 22, 22' made of an elastic material, one end of which is connected to one of the joints 202, 202' and the other end is designed as a lateral, rounded End piece 220, 220', each of which is provided with a silicon rubber plate 221, 221' of the same size as the rounded end pieces 220, 220'. The temples 22, 22' have approximately the same length as each lens frame 20, 20'.

In use, the nose pads 200, 200' are placed on the two inclined surfaces of the nose of a person. The two temples are arranged so that they rest firmly on the two sides of the head, whereby the two round end pieces 220, 220', each provided with a silicon rubber plate 221, 221', adhere firmly to the skin of the two sides of the head, so that the glasses cannot fall off.

To put the two temples 22, 22' away from each other, they are pushed to the back of each lens frame 20, 20' using the joints 202, 202' and then the lens frames 20, 20' are pushed to each other using the

hinge 21. Glasses folded in this way can be accommodated in a fixed housing 3 shown in Fig. 3.

Claims (3)

PATENT ATTORNEYS KERN, BREHM & PARTNER Albert-RoShaupter-Str. 73 · D-8000 Munich 70 · Telephone (0 89) 7 60 55 20 / 7 60 b5 26 · Telecopy (&Pgr; 89) 7 60 F5 59 ■ Tglex 5 214 950 isar d Huang-8198/GM Vp/Ba David HUANG 2nd Fl., No. 624, Min-Chuan E. Road, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China Foldable glasses Expectations 1. Foldable glasses, characterised by the combination of the following features: - two spectacle lens frames (20, 20') are connected by a joint (21) located between them, so that they can be folded towards each other; - two nose pads (200, 200') are attached separately to the inside of each lens frame (20, 20') and each have a silicone rubber plate (201, 201'); - two joints (202, 202') are provided separately from one another on the outside of each lens frame (20, 20') and are connected to one end of a temple (22, 22') so that each temple can be folded towards the back of the respective lens frame (20, 20'); - two brackets (22, 22') are provided, one end of each bracket (22, 22') being connected to the respective joint (202, 202') and the other end is provided with a laterally rounded end piece (220, 220'); and - each temple (22, 22') is made of an elastic material and has approximately the same length as the respective lens frame (20, 20') and the rounded end pieces (220, 220') each have a silicone rubber plate (221, 221'), so that the glasses can be worn in a stable state due to the elastic clamping effect of the temples (22, 22') encircling the head of a person and the adhesion of the rounded end pieces (220, 220') of the temples provided with the silicone rubber plates (221, 221') to the skin on both sides of the head. 2. Glasses according to claim 1, characterized in that each nose pad (200, 200') has on its surface a silicone rubber plate (201, 201') which prevents the glasses from slipping. 3. Glasses according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that they are arranged in a fixed housing (3) in the folded state.