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Granted Patent B2
US 10,295,842 · App. 15/554,245 · Granted May 21, 2019

Spectacles with customizable frame

Inventor: Carlo Giordanetti (Zurich, CH)
Assignee: Swatch AG
G02C9/04G02C1/06G02C2200/02G02C2200/04G02C2200/08G02C2200/12
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Patent No.
US 10,295,842
App. No.
15/554,245
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spectacles includes a front element intended to be connected to two lateral temple arms, and at least one personalization element supporting the lenses and configured to be fixed removably on the front element by a complementary retainer. The complementary retainer includes, on the one hand, at least one stub which projects substantially perpendicularly from the rear face of the personalization element and, on the other hand, at least one slot, formed in the front element, the slot being designed to be deformed elastically so as to exert an elastic return force on the stub after introduction thereof into the slot in order to hold the personalization element on the front element.

Claims (19)

1. A spectacles comprising:

a front element intended to be connected to two lateral temple arms; and

at least one personalisation element supporting lenses and configured to be fixed removably on the front element by a complementary retainer,

wherein the complementary retainer includes at least one stub which projects substantially perpendicularly from a rear face of the personalisation element and at least one slot formed in the front element,

wherein the slot is configured to be deformed elastically so as to exert an elastic return force on the stub after introduction thereof into the slot in order to hold the personalisation element on the front element, and

wherein the slot includes an elastic strip in a C shape, the elastic strip includes a first branch integral with the front element, and a second free elastic branch spaced apart from the front element.

2. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the second free elastic branch is designed to be deformed in the plane of the front element.

3. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein an opening of the slot has the shape of a keyhole, including a trapezoidal base surmounted by a circle, the height of the trapezoidal base forming a narrower passage so as to form a hard point during passage of the stub into the opening.

4. The spectacles according to claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the circle of the opening is substantially identical to the diameter of the stub.

5. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the slot comprises a clearance which facilitates deformation of the elastic strip in the plane of the front element.

6. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the personalisation element comprises at least one gutter provided with a groove which opens at the top, disposed in an upper zone of the personalisation element, the groove being configured to receive all or part of the front element.

7. The spectacles according to claim 6 , wherein the gutter comprises a layer of an elastically deformable material disposed on the bottom of the groove.

8. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the front element is formed from a single part which is cut out and folded.

9. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the front element is produced from a ferromagnetic material and the stub is produced in magnetic material so as to reinforce holding of the personalisation element in position against the front element.

10. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the stub comprises a stem attached to the personalisation element, the stem ending with a radial bulge, and the length of the stem being substantially identical to the thickness of the front element.

11. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the stub is integral with the personalisation element.

12. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the slot comprises a pair of elastic strips produced with a mirror-like symmetry relative to a median plane of symmetry of the corresponding slot directed transversely relative to the front element.

13. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the front element and the elastic strip have the same thickness.

14. The spectacles according to claim 1 , wherein the front element is produced in plastic material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: SWATCH AG
To: SWATCH AG
Reel/Frame 052176/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2017
From: GIORDANETTI, CARLO
To: SWATCH AG
Reel/Frame 043431/0833 →
Priority Claims (2)
IT 102015000009237 · Mar 19, 2015 · national
EP 15165282 · Apr 27, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180081200A1 · Mar 22, 2018
Cited By (1)
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