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Granted Patent B2
US 11,914,227 · App. 16/862,103 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Color changing glasses frame apparatus

Inventor: Trisha Coles (Lakewood, WA)
G02C5/008G02F1/132
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,914,227
App. No.
16/862,103
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A color changing glasses frame apparatus for showing body temperature change and stylistic expression includes a glasses frame including a pair of rim portions and a bridge portion extending between the pair of rim portions. A pair of end pieces is coupled to a left distal end and a right distal end of the pair of rim portions of the glasses frame. A pair of temples is hingingly coupled to the pair of end pieces and moves between a folded position and an extended position. The glasses frame, the pair of end pieces, and the pair of temples each have an inner core and a coating layer continuously disposed around the inner core. The coating layer is heat sensitive and changes colors with the user's body temperature. A pair of lenses is coupled to the glasses frame within the pair of rim portions.

Claims (20)

1. A color changing glasses frame apparatus comprising:

a glasses frame including a pair of rim portions and a bridge portion extending between the pair of rim portions;

a pair of end pieces coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces being coupled to a left distal end and a right distal end of the pair of rim portions;

a pair of temples coupled to the pair of end pieces, the pair of temples being hingingly coupled to the pair of end pieces and moving between a folded position and an extended position;

wherein the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces, and the pair of temples each have an inner core and a coating layer continuously disposed around the inner core, the coating layer being heat sensitive and changing colors with the user's body temperature;

a pair of lenses coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of lenses being coupled within the pair of rim portions; and

the coating layer including a plurality of thermotropic liquid crystals within an outer transparent membrane.

2. The color changing glasses frame apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the coating layer changing between two predetermined colors including a cold color for temperatures below a predetermined temperature, and a hot color for temperatures above the predetermined temperature.

3. A color changing glasses frame apparatus comprising:

a glasses frame including a pair of rim portions and a bridge portion extending between the pair of rim portions;

a pair of end pieces coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces being coupled to a left distal end and a right distal end of the pair of rim portions;

a pair of temples coupled to the pair of end pieces, the pair of temples being hingingly coupled to the pair of end pieces and moving between a folded position and an extended position;

wherein the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces, and the pair of temples each have an inner core and a coating layer continuously disposed around the inner core, the coating layer including a plurality of thermotropic liquid. crystals within an outer transparent membrane, the thermotropic liquid crystals changing colors with the user's body temperature, the coating layer changing between three predetermined colors including a normal color for temperatures within a normal body temperature range, a cold color for temperatures below the normal body temperature range, and a hot color for temperatures above the normal body temperature range; and

a pair of lenses coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of lenses being coupled within the pair of rim portions.

4. A color changing glasses frame apparatus comprising:

a glasses frame including a pair of rim portions and a bridge portion extending between the pair of rim portions;

a pair of end pieces coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces being coupled to a left distal end and a right distal end of the pair of rim portions;

a pair of temples coupled to the pair of end pieces, the pair of temples being hingingly coupled to the pair of end pieces and moving between a folded position and an extended position;

wherein the glasses frame, the pair of end pieces, and the pair of temples each have an inner core and a coating layer continuously disposed around the inner core, the coating layer including a plurality of thermotropic liquid crystals within an outer transparent membrane, the thermotropic liquid crystals changing colors with the user's body temperature, the coating layer changing between two predetermined colors including a cold color for temperatures below a predetermined temperature, and a hot color for temperatures above the predetermined temperature; and

a pair of lenses coupled to the glasses frame, the pair of lenses being coupled within the pair of rim portions.

Continuity (1)
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