Patent ID: 9638934
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G02C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An eyewear hinge for removably connecting an earpiece to a lens frame, the eyewear hinge comprising: a lens mount attached to the lens frame and having a hinge receiver and a security slot; a hinge support attached to the earpiece, the hinge support having a hinge post removably insertable into the hinge receiver so as to permit the lens mount and hinge support to pivot relative to one another and a security ledge removably receivable in and engagable with the security slot as the lens mount and hinge support pivot relative to one another; and a friction element extending into the hinge receiver for exerting a friction force on the hinge post to restrict axial movement and removal of the hinge post from the hinge receiver and hold the lens mount and hinge support together.