Eyeglasses with nose pad holder

Abstract

Eyeglasses (1) with a nose pad holder, comprising a frame (2) defined by a pair of portions adapted to accommodate respective lenses (3, 4) and a connecting portion (5) between the portions; the frame (2) is provided with a seat (6) which is defined at the lower edge of the connecting portion (5) and extends into the segment of the frame that is adjacent to the connecting portion (5), the seat (6) being adapted to accommodate, by snap coupling, a nose pad holder (7) provided with nose pads (10, 11) for resting the frame (2) on the nose of the user.

Description

[0001] EYEGLASSES WITH NOSE PAD HOLDER

[0002] The present invention relates to a frame for eyeglasses with a nose pad holder. More specifically, the invention relates to a frame for eyeglasses, with a nose pad holder that is adapted to be coupled thereto in a manner less visible and longer lasting with respect to the background art.

[0003] Some nose pad holders for eyeglasses, which are known in the background art, are coupled to the eyeglasses by means of a pair of arms the ends of which are inserted into holes defined in the frame of the eyeglasses, centrally between the seats for the two respective lenses, in the bridge of the frame, i.e. the connecting portion of the lenses.

[0004] The pair of arms thus coupled to the frame end, at the opposite ends from the ends coupled to the frame, in a pair of resting portions or pads which serve to rest the frame on the nose of the user.

[0005] In order to ensure sufficient comfort for the user, such resting portions are conveniently adjustable, with their position modifiable so as to be adapted to all types of nose and thus ensuring that the user can wear the eyeglasses for long periods without experiencing discomfort.

[0006] Adjusting such resting portions, and in any case resting them on the nose of the user, with consequent modification of their position and in any case displacement of the resting portions with respect to the terminal end of the arms, has the effect that those arms will exert a force in the holes in which they are coupled to the frame, with the result that over time those holes tend to widen and the arms are no longer firmly coupled in them. This translates to an unwanted mobility of the arms and, in the end, to the need to replace the frame, as the widened holes mean it is no longer possible to properly retain the arms that support the resting portions of the frame on the nose of the user.

[0007] Other nose pad holders that are known in the background art do not have connecting arms, but are of the non-movable type and are therefore not adjustable by the user. They are also more difficult to disassemble in the event of disposal.

[0008] The aim of the present invention is to provide eyeglasses with a nose pad holder, in which the nose pad holder can be connected to the frame of the eyeglasses more strongly and longer lasting with respect to the prior art.

[0009] Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to provide eyeglasses with a nose pad holder, in which the nose pad holder is much less visible than in conventional solutions and which is simpler to assemble.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide eyeglasses with a nose pad holder, in which the nose pad holder maintains all the possibilities for adjusting the respective resting portions, thus ensuring a high level of adaptability to the various types of face and of nose, yet being substantially concealed within the frame of the eyeglasses.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide such a nose pad holder which can be easily substituted by the user in the event of damage or desire of the user to change it and / or substitute it.

[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide eyeglasses with a nose pad holder that are highly reliable, easily and practically implemented and at low cost.

[0013] This aim and these and other objects which will become better apparent hereinafter are achieved by eyeglasses with a nose pad holder, comprising a frame defined by a pair of portions adapted to accommodate respective lenses and a connecting portion between said portions, characterized in that said frame is provided with a seat which is defined at the lower edge of said connecting portion and extends into the segment of the frame that is adjacent to said connecting portion, said seat being adapted to accommodate, by snap coupling, a nose pad holder provided with nose pads for resting the frame on the nose of the user.

[0014] Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings wherein:

[0015] Figure 1 is an exploded front elevation view of the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention;

[0016] Figure 2 is an exploded front elevation view of the eyeglasses according to the present invention, in the step of coupling the nose pad holder;

[0017] Figure 3 is an exploded front elevation view of the eyeglasses according to the present invention, with the nose pad holder coupled;

[0018] Figure 4 is a cross-sectional partial exploded front elevation view of the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention;

[0019] Figure 5 is a cross-sectional partial front elevation view of the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention, in the step of coupling the nose pad holder;

[0020] Figure 6 is a cross-sectional partial front elevation view of the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention, with the nose pad holder coupled;

[0021] Figure 7 is a partial view from below of the eyeglasses according to the present invention, without the nose pad holder.

[0022] With reference to the figures, the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention, generally designated by the reference numeral 1 , comprise a frame 2 defined by a portion adapted to accommodate respective lenses 3 and 4 and by a portion (bridge) 5 adapted to connect the two portions for accommodating the lenses, in a conventional manner with respect to the prior art.

[0023] The bridge or connecting portion 5 of the frame 2 has a seat 6, obtained for example by means of milling, defined on the underside of the bridge and partly on segments of frame adjacent to the bridge that encompass the lenses 3 and 4. This seat 6 is therefore provided on the underside of the bridge 5, i.e. the side that is directed downward when the user wears the eyeglasses.

[0024] This seat 6 is configured to be engaged by a nose pad holder 7 which has a segment or arm 7 a that follows the shape of the seat 6 defined in the bridge or connecting portion 5 and which terminates, at the respective ends, with curved segments that terminate with two steps 12 and 13 which are adapted to abut against the lower edges of the seat.

[0025] Two descending segments or arms 7b and 7c extend from the arm 7a and are twisted with respect to the arm 7a.

[0026] The nose pad holder is adapted to be coupled by snap coupling in the seat 6 so as to have a simple and rapid coupling with the frame 2 of the eyeglasses.

[0027] In substance, the arm 7a is contoured complementarily to the seat 6 of the frame 2.

[0028] The arms 7b and 7c are provided at the two respective ends with means 8 and 9 for engagement with a pair of resting portions or nose pads 10, 11, which make it possible to rest the frame 2 on the nose of the user.

[0029] In substance, therefore, the nose pad holder 7 is coupled directly to the frame 2 with a snap coupling, thus being coupled in the seat 6, therefore without the need for making holes in the frame, as happens in the background art.

[0030] The snap coupling between the nose pad holder 7 and the frame 2, in the seat 6 of the frame 2, ensures that the coupling between nose pad holder and frame is much less visible than the coupling of a nose pad holder with two distinct arms inserted in holes defined in the frame.

[0031] Furthermore, the coupling of the nose pad holder 7 to the frame 2 is longer lasting over time since there are no holes that could become widened as a consequence of oscillations of the nose pads coupled to the nosepiece.

[0032] Advantageously, the nose pad holder 7 is made of an elastic material but not so elastic as to undergo excessive and permanent deformations, and is for example made of titanium or steel. The elasticity of the nose pad holder 7 makes it possible to perform an easy snap coupling of the arm into the seat 6 of the frame 2, as shown in Figures 2 and 5, but at the same time makes it possible to maintain a form of stability of the nose pads 10, 11 coupled to the free ends of the arms 7b, 7c so that the user experiences a stable resting of the nose pads 10, 11 on the nose.

[0033] Conveniently, the arm 7a and the arms 7b, 7c can be made in a single body.

[0034] Furthermore, the nose pad holder 7 which is coupled to the frame 2 is inserted in the seat 6 of that frame, thus completing the profile of the frame without protruding from it and therefore being substantially fully integrated in the seat 6.

[0035] In practice it has been found that the eyeglasses with nose pad holder according to the present invention fully achieves the set aim and objects, in that the nose pad holder can be easily coupled to the frame with a snap coupling action. In this manner the fixing of the nose pad holder to the frame is much longer lasting over time than conventional solutions, as well as being much less visible and therefore integrated in the very appearance of the frame.

[0036] The eyeglasses thus conceived are susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims.

[0037] So, for example, the frame 2 can be provided so as to have a single lens, therefore defining a mask. Even if the lens is a single lens across the frame, a seat is still defined at the recess which makes it possible to adapt the frame (the mask) on the nose of the user. The nose pad holder is therefore snap coupled into this seat.

[0038] Therefore, even if the frame is a mask, two portions can be defined which accommodate the two lenses, with the difference that the two portions in this case are not separate from each other and the two lenses are also not separate.

[0039] The frame can be made of injected acetate or a natural material such as for example buffalo horn.

[0040] Moreover, all the details may be substituted by other, technically equivalent elements.

[0041] In practice, the materials used, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions, may be any according to the requirements and to the state of the art.

[0042] The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No. 102023000013749 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.

[0043] Where the technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference numerals and / or signs, those reference numerals and / or signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly, such reference numerals and / or signs do not have any limiting effect on the interpretation of each element identified by way of example by such reference numerals and / or signs.

Claims

CLAIMS1. Eyeglasses (1) with a nose pad holder, comprising a frame (2) defined by a pair of portions adapted to accommodate respective lenses (3, 4) and a connecting portion (5) between said portions, characterized in that said frame (2) is provided with a seat (6) which is defined at the lower edge of said connecting portion (5) and extends into the segment of the frame that is adjacent to said connecting portion (5), said seat (6) being adapted to accommodate, by snap coupling, a nose pad holder (7) provided with nose pads (10, 11) for resting the frame (2) on the nose of the user.

2. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, characterized in that said seat (6) is defined at the lower edge of said connecting portion (5), said lower edge being adapted to be directed downward when the eyeglasses are worn.

3. The eyeglasses according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said nose pad holder (7) is coupled within said seat (6) so as to complete the profile of said frame (2), without protruding from said seat (6), flush with said frame (2).

4. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said nose pad holder (7) has a segment or arm (7a) that follows the shape of the seat (6) defined in the connecting portion (5) and which terminates, at the respective ends, with two steps (12, 13) which are adapted to abut against the lower edges of the seat (6).

5. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that two descending segments or arms (7b, 7c) extend from the arm (7a) and are twisted with respect to the arm (7a), said two descending segments or arms (7b, 7c) being provided, at the two respective ends, with means (8, 9) for engagement with said nose pads (10, 11), which make it possible to rest the frame on the nose of the user.

6. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said nose pad holder (7) is made of elastically flexible material.

7. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said nose pad holder (7) is made of titanium.

8. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said arm (7a) and said arms (7b, 7c) that descend therefrom are provided in a single piece.

9. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said arm (7a) has a substantially straight central segment with curved ends, and is adapted to be coupled within said seat (6), said two arms (7b, 7c) being twisted with respect to said arm (7a) coupled within said seat (6).

10. The eyeglasses according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said two portions of said frame (2) which are adapted to accommodate said lenses (3, 4) are mutually connected so as to define a mask and said lenses are made mutually connected in order to define a single lens.

11. A frame (2) for eyeglasses, which comprises a pair of portions adapted to accommodate respective lenses (3, 4) and a connecting portion (5) between said portions, characterized in that said frame (2) is provided with a seat (6) which is defined at the lower edge of said connecting portion (5) and extends into the segment of the frame that is adjacent to said connecting portion (5).

12. The frame according to claim 11, characterized in that said two portions of said frame (2) which are adapted to accommodate said lenses (3, 4) are mutually connected so as to define a mask and said lenses are made mutually connected in order to define a single lens.

13. A nose pad holder for a frame for eyeglasses, characterized in that it comprises a substantially horizontal segment or arm (7a) with curved ends which terminate with two steps (12, 13), two descending segments or arms (7b, 7c) extending from the arm (7a) and being twisted with respect to said arm (7a), said arms (7b, 7c) being provided at the two respective ends withmeans (8, 9) for engagement with nose pads (10, 11) for resting the frame on the nose of the user.

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