Patent ID: 6241353
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
A method for making a central piece of a full rim frame with lenses for eyeglasses, wherein the central piece has a left full rim including an inner side, and an end piece; a right full rim including an inner side, and an end piece; and a bridge for joining the left and right full rims, the method comprising:a) creating a left and a right eyeglass lens wherein the left and right lenses each have a peripheral contour shape;b) creating the central piece wherein the left and right full rims are flexible and each has a contour shape that is different from the peripheral contour shape of the respective left and right lens; andc) inserting the left and right lenses into the respective left and right full rim whereby each rim elastically receives and retains the respective lens, thereby generally conforming to the peripheral contour shape of the respective lens.