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Granted Patent B1
US 11,526,026 · App. 17/359,583 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Rimless eye wear

Inventor: Joseph Santinelli (Melville, NY)
G02C1/04G02C1/10G02C5/10G02C2200/16
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,526,026
App. No.
17/359,583
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

An eyewear comprising a frame and a lens configuration is disclosed, wherein the frame includes a channel into which a step bevel formed along an edge of the lens removably insertable, wherein the frame includes a plurality of protrusions that contact ends of the step bevel to retain the lens within the frame.

Claims (25)

1. An eyewear comprising:

frame, said frame comprising:

a left section forming a left first end and a left second end, said left section comprising:

a left first protrusion extending from said left first end; and

a left second protrusion extending from said left second end; and

a left slot extending from said left first protrusion to said left second protrusion;

a right section forming a right first end and a right second end, said right section comprising:

a right first protrusion extending from said right first end; and

a right second protrusion extending from said right second end; and

a right slot extending from said right first protrusion to said right second protrusion; and

a bridge element connecting said left first end and said right first end; and

a lens incorporated to each of said left section and said right section, said lens comprising:

a lens body comprising:

a front surface; and

a back surface, wherein a distance between said front surface and said back surface representing a known width; and

a step bevel, narrower in width than said known width of said lens body, extending along an edge of said lens body from a first side of said lens body to a second side of said lens body, wherein said step bevel is configured to:

engage a corresponding one of said left slot and said right slot to retain said lens in position within said left section and said right section.

2. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said step bevel is configured to:

extend along a top edge of said lens body.

3. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said step bevel is configured to:

extend along a bottom edge of said lens body.

4. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said lens is one of: clear and tinted.

5. The eyewear of claim 1 , comprising:

a second slot within each of said left slot and said right slot, said second slot sized to accommodate said edge of a corresponding lens.

6. The eyewear of claim 1 , comprising a flexible material within each of said first slot and said second slot.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63044702 · Jun 26, 2020
Cited By (1)
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