Patent ID: 8142014
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
1. Eyewear, comprising: a frame; a lens and at least one temple bar hingedly connected to said frame, a nose piece structure for attachment to a central portion of said lens, said nose piece structure defining a channel, said channel defining ledge indents for mating engagement with ledge protrusions defined within the central portion of said lens; and a recessed area of said lens defines an inverted V-shape or U-shape and is formed in a central portion of the lens, said recess including a perimetral edge, the ledge protrusions extending inwardly from said perimetral edge, said ledge protrusions defining a first horizontal ledge and a second horizontal ledge, said first horizontal ledge and said second horizontal ledge including a substantially horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on said lens for engaging with a nose-piece structure, a ledge support area for both the first and second horizontal ledge extends along a slope towards a bottom portion of said recess, each ledge support area defines a gradual declining portion and a steep declining portion, said first horizontal ledge and said second horizontal ledge substantially aligned with a common, horizontal ledge axis, an upper portion of said recess extending above said common, horizontal ledge axis having a mushroom-shape and defining a sufficient clearance area to allow for ledge indents within the channel of said nose piece structure to clear a corner of said horizontal ledge, the nose piece structure having indents which are proportionally sized to snap over said horizontal ledge area, and an lower portion of said recess extending below said common, horizontal ledge axis, said lower portion having a height 50 percent or more greater than the height of said upper portion, a width of said lower portion increasing from said horizontal ledge axis to bottom end of said recess, the width of the bottom end of the recess is 50 percent or more greater in height than the height of the lower portion and the upper portion combined.