Elastic Temple Arm Attachment for Eyeglass Leveling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyeglass temple arm adjustments are inadequate for individuals with asymmetric ears or weight imbalances, leading to crooked glasses, and current methods like heating and bending are unreliable and risk damaging the frames.
Innovation Solution
A one-piece elastic attachment with adjustable thickness extension and displacement, allowing for smoothly variable asymmetric height adjustment without tools or heat, which can be easily attached and detached from the eyeglass temple arm, and also holds or shields small devices and fashionwear.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If heat and bend method is used to adjust temple arm height, then eyeglass straightening is achieved, but risk of damaging frames increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary temple arm attachment that fits between the temple arm and ear bridge, providing height adjustment without directly modifying the temple arm. This mediator approach allows straightening while preserving frame integrity, as the attachment can be added or removed without damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The temple arm attachment is designed as a separate, replaceable component that can be easily added or removed. If damaged or no longer needed, the attachment itself can be discarded or replaced without affecting the permanent temple arm structure, reducing the stakes of adjustment failures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If temple arm is bent to adjust height, then asymmetric height adjustment is achieved, but the adjustment is not smoothly variable and may not maintain over time
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment incorporates an adjustable mechanism that allows dynamic height adjustment. The temple arm attachment can be positioned at different heights and secured, enabling smooth variable adjustment rather than fixed bending. This dynamic system maintains adjustability over time through secure positioning features.
Solution Approach 2:
The temple arm attachment is divided into separate functional segments including adjustment mechanisms and securing features. This segmentation allows independent optimization of adjustment smoothness and maintenance of position, with each segment performing its specific function to achieve overall versatility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If no attachment is used, then original fit and feel are maintained, but asymmetric ear anatomies cause crooked eyeglasses
Solution Approach 1:
The temple arm attachment provides localized height adjustment at the temple arm-ear bridge interface without affecting the rest of the eyeglass structure. This local modification preserves the original fit and feel of the main frame while correcting the specific asymmetry issue at the temple arm level.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment is designed to create controlled asymmetry to compensate for natural anatomical asymmetry. By adding height specifically to one temple arm attachment, the system achieves overall symmetry in eyeglass levelness while accommodating asymmetric ear anatomies, maintaining manufacturing precision for eyeglass alignment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a reliable, comfortable, and adjustable means to straighten eyeglasses relative to the wearer's eyes, maintaining the original fit and feel while accommodating unique anatomies and temple arm shapes, and protects devices from environmental elements.
Implementation Method 1
comprised of an elastomeric material
Data Source
AI summary
A one-piece eyeglass temple arm attachment that provides for straightening (i.e., leveling) of eyeglasses relative to a wearer's eyes. The invention relates to straightening eyeglasses relative to the eyeglass wearer's eyes necessitated by asymmetries of the wearer's ears relative to their eyes, or by other weight or height imbalances that create eyeglass crookedness relative to the wearer's eyes. The invention also provides the means for holding and/or shielding small devices or fashionwear. The invention is adjustable by the wearer, requires no tools, will not damage eyeglass frames (e.g., no heat or bending required), and is easily attached to or removed from an eyeglass temple arm. The invention can be manufactured from biocompatible polymers, and is washable, comfortable, and waterproof. The invention can be attached anywhere along an eyeglass temple arm in both conspicuous and inconspicuous locations.