Patent ID: 6520635
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A44C,G02C

Abstract:
Ornamental eyewear, comprising:an eyeglass frame having a pair of temple arms; at least one article of jewelry adapted for attachment to the eyeglass frame, each article of jewelry including: a single gripping member which includes a spring-biased clamp having jaws that may open against a spring force to receive one of the pair of temple arms and thereby attach the article of jewelry to the temple arm; a decorative escutcheon attached to a side of the gripping member to overlie the spring-biased clamp adjacent to the outside of the temple arm when the gripping member is attached to the temple arm; and at least one elongated decorative strand having a first end coupled to the gripping member and a second end which is free-hanging under gravity and devoid of a gripping member; wherein the gripping member and elongated decorative strand form a unitary jewelry article which is removably attachable onto said single temple arm so as to depend therefrom as a single-sided extension of the eyeglass frame.