Patent ID: 6863396
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
1. Screwless eyeglasses comprising: a lens assembly including a pair of interconnected left and right lens units, a pair of left and right side plates extending respectively, integrally, and rearwardly from said left and right lens units, and a pair of left and right mounting plates, each of which is connected fixedly to a corresponding one of said left and right side plates to define a front slot therebetween, each of said left and right side plates further having a rear end surface, and a notch formed in said rear end surface and communicated with said front slot, said lens assembly further including two rear stop units disposed respectively within said front slots; a pair of left and right temples; and a pair of left and right connecting rods extending respectively through said front slots in said lens assembly and connected respectively to said left and right temples, each of said left and right connecting rods having a front end portion with a front stop unit that is disposed in front of and that abuts against a corresponding one of said rear stop units of said lens assembly so as to prevent rearward removal of said left and right connecting rods from said front slots in said lens assembly, said left and right connecting rods being rotatable respectively about said front stop units toward each other so that said left and right temples turn to folded positions, where said left and right temples abut against each other and where said left and right connecting rods extend respectively through said notches in said left and right side plates.