IP Library Granted Patent US 7,073,903
Granted Patent B2
US 7,073,903 · App. 10/478,326 · Granted Jul 11, 2006

Glasses and fixing device

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Patent No.
US 7,073,903
App. No.
10/478,326
Granted
Jul 11, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Spectacles comprise a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment which comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.

Claims (13)

1. Spectacles comprising a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment means;

wherein at least one attachment means comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.

2. Spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the plug is a plug of a synthetic material.

3. Spectacles according to claim 2 , wherein the plug is secured by an adhesive.

4. Spectacles according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive is a radiation-activated adhesive, an epoxy-resin based adhesive, a hot-melt-type adhesive, or a thermoplastic synthetic material.

5. Spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the plug is secured by an adhesive.

6. Spectacles according to claim 5 , wherein the adhesive is a radiation-activated adhesive, an epoxy-resin based adhesive, a hot-melt-type adhesive, or a thermoplastic synthetic material.

7. Attachment means for spectacles, with which spectacle lenses are connected to spectacles side pieces and to a spectacles bridge,

wherein at least one attachment means comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such a manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.

8. Spectacles according to claim 7 , wherein the plug is a plug of a synthetic material.

9. Spectacles according to claim 8 , wherein the plug is secured by an adhesive.

10. Spectacles according to claim 7 , wherein the plug is secured by an adhesive.

11. Spectacles according to claim 10 , wherein the adhesive is a radiation-activated adhesive, an epoxy-resin based adhesive, a hot-melt-type adhesive, or a thermoplastic synthetic material.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2005
From: SECOND OPTICAL HOLDING GMBH
To: RODENSTOCK GMBH
Reel/Frame 017286/0744 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 7, 2005
From: RODENSTOCK GMBH
To: SECOND OPTICAL HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 017286/0756 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 24, 2004
From: RODENSTOCK GMBH
To: RODIS INFORMATIONSSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 016026/0097 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2004
From: RODIS INFORMATIONSSYSTEME GMBH
To: RODENSTOCK GMBH
Reel/Frame 016026/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2004
From: RAPP, KLAUS
To: RODENSTOCK GMBH
Reel/Frame 015433/0391 →