Patent ID: 6412944
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G02C,Y10T

Abstract:
An eyeglasses comprising:a pair of lenses; a bridging member bridging said lenses; a pair of temples, each of which has a hook end with an upwardly extending pivotal end section and an S-shaped section that extends rearwardly from said pivotal end section to define a first groove with a first groove face facing upwardly, and a second groove with a second groove face facing downwardly; and a pair of coupling units interconnecting said lenses and said temples, each of said coupling units being in the form of a bent wire, and having a clamping end connected to a respective one of said lenses, a coil-shaped end that has top and bottom ends and that defines a vertically extending pivotal chamber between said top and bottom ends, and a bend portion that extends reardwardly from said top end of said coil-shaped end and that then turns downwardly and frontwardly to define a generally U-shaped section and to connect with said clamping end, said U-shaped section having upper and lower arms, each of said temples being disposed between said upper and lower arms of said U-shaped section of said bend portion of a respective one of said coupling units with said pivotal end section received in said pivotal chamber in said coil-shaped end of the respective one of said coupling units so as to be turnable relative to said coil-shaped end between an extended position and a retracted position, each of said temples intersecting said lower arm of the respective one of said coupling units in a manner that said first and second groove faces of said S-shaped section are respectively in contact with said bottom end of said coil-shaped end and said lower arm so as to retain said pivotal end section in said pivotal chamber when said temples are positioned at said extended position, each of said temples being disposed at an inner side of said U-shaped section of the respective one of said coupling units so as to be limited by said U-shaped section within a turning space defined by said temples and said lenses.