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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Wilson Chen, Tainan, TW;
Lance Chen, Tainan, TW;
Crews, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An improved eyeglasses construction including molded plastic temple assemblies each having a hinged joint intermediate its ends for limited pivotal movement permitting adjustment of the lens frame about the horizontal axis of the hinged joint. One piece of each temple assembly has a bifurcated end providing a pair of spaced flanges having parallel opposed vertical surfaces, and the other temple piece has a flat tongue-like member projecting from its end and including a generally C-shaped opening adapted to snap over the hinge pin to hingedly connect the two pieces in end-to-end relation. A spring arm on the bifurcated piece projects in overlying relation to a flat surface of the tongue-like member and carries a detent which is urged into engagement with a pattern of ridges and/or grooves on the surface of the tongue-like member to permit adjustment about the horizontal axis of the hinge pin.