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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A Conner, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C / ; G02C / ; G02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
351118 ; 351119 ; 351 63 ;
Abstract
Foldable glasses having telescoping temples and central pivoting bridge. The temples are shown with three or four telescoping elements. The four element temple has a distal element that is preformed from material that has a memory which when extended curves around the ear of the user and when the elements are telescoped together can be straightened for inserting in the adjacent straight telescopic element. Two bridge pivoting embodiments are shown, one has a angled pivot pin and the other has a spring biased pivotal section wherein the adjacent pivotal elements are vertically and horizontally translatable against the spring bias when the frame elements are folded for non-use.