Patent ID: 6074059
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
An eyewear frame comprising a frame member having a pair of eyepieces attached to each other by a bridge with a pair of pivotally attached earpieces, said pair of pivotally attached earpieces being located at opposite ends of the frame member, said eyepieces further having a bezel with an external surface, an internal surface, a front surface that extends between and intersects a first end of the external surface and a first end of the internal surface, and a rear surface that extends between and intersects a second end of the external surface and a second end of the internal surface, the bezel of the eyepiece is adapted to removably receive, by inserting from a front side of the frame member, a lens having a resiliently compressible gasket attached to a peripheral edge of the lens, said gasket provides flexibility for insertion when the lens is received into the eyepiece.