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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Grolman, Worcester, MA (US);
William Richards, Medway, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33200 ; 3317 / ;
Abstract
A device for use in the art of fitting lenses to spectacle frames wherewith ophthalmic measurements are applied directly to frames selected by patients. A frame without lenses is adjusted to fit the patient, the measuring device is then applied to the frame and the whole placed upon the face. Horizontal and vertical measurements of distances from lateral and inferior points on the frame rims to a desired location of lens optical center relative to pupil are made for each eye and these measurements are forwarded to the lens finishing shop for edging and fitting of the lenses.