Temple-less Glasses with Sliding Nose Bridge Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional glasses with earpieces can interfere with daily activities such as using headsets, hair brushing, and makeup application, as they can cause discomfort, obstruct peripheral vision, and lack prescription coverage in the peripheral area.
Innovation Solution
Design of glasses without temples, featuring two domes that sit on the eye sockets connected by a nose piece with protrusions and grooves, allowing for easy detachment and prescription lens exchange, made from materials like plastic for full face access and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional glasses with earpieces are used, then prescription coverage is provided, but the earpieces obstruct peripheral vision and interfere with daily activities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the earpiece component from the glasses structure entirely. The glasses frame is designed to rest only on the nose bridge and ears, eliminating the temple/earpiece arms that extend back over the ears. This extraction of the problematic earpiece element resolves the contradiction by providing clear peripheral vision and unobstructed access to the face while maintaining prescription lens coverage through the front optical elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The glasses are segmented into distinct functional components: a nose bridge piece that provides support, separate lens assemblies that provide prescription coverage, and an overall frame structure that rests on the nose and ears without requiring temple arms. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function without the interference of earpieces, resolving the contradiction between operational ease and structural complexity.
2Strength
If earpieces are present on glasses, then structural support is provided, but they cause discomfort by digging into the skin during headset use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the earpiece component that causes skin discomfort. By removing the temple arms that extend back over and dig into the ears, the design maintains structural support through the nose bridge and front frame while completely avoiding the harmful pressure points on the skin that occur during headset use or prolonged wear.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the glasses rest on the ears through temple arms (conventional approach), the patent inverts the support mechanism to rest primarily on the nose bridge and front frame structure. This inversion of the support approach maintains the necessary structural strength while eliminating the source of skin discomfort in the ear region.
3Reliability
If earpieces are attached to glasses, then the glasses can be worn securely, but they obstruct hair brushing and makeup application
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the earpiece component that obstructs grooming activities. By eliminating the temple arms that extend back over the ears, the design maintains secure wear through the nose bridge and front frame while completely removing the physical obstruction that prevents comfortable hair brushing and makeup application near the ears and temples.
Solution Approach 2:
The glasses are segmented into a nose bridge support piece and separate lens assemblies that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows the front optical elements to provide secure positioning while leaving the ear and temple regions completely clear for grooming activities, resolving the contradiction between secure wear and ease of face access.
4Stability of the object's composition
If conventional glasses with temples are used, then stability is maintained, but they lack prescription coverage in the peripheral view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the temple arms that limit peripheral coverage. By eliminating the conventional earpiece structure, the design allows the lens assemblies to extend further laterally and provide prescription optical coverage across a wider field of view, including peripheral regions, while maintaining stability through the nose bridge and front frame configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from the conventional two-dimensional plane of temple arms extending back over the ears to a three-dimensional configuration where the lens assemblies can wrap around or extend into the peripheral field of view. This dimensional change allows prescription coverage to extend into previously uncovered peripheral regions while maintaining structural stability through the nose bridge support.
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AI summary
A pair of temple-less glasses to allow the user to have unrestricted access to their face while still being able to maintain having their glasses, equipped with a prescription, in place. The temple-less glasses have a first eye unit and a second eye unit connected to a nose piece by way of an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism is present on both the first eye unit and the second eye unit. The attachment mechanism functions by slidably attaching the attachment element of each eye unit to an attachment bar located on the outer left and right edge of the nose piece.