Patent ID: 8832904
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G02C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An eyewear hinge for removably connecting an earpiece to a lens frame on eyewear, the eyewear hinge comprising: a lens mount fixed to the lens frame and having a hinge receiver and a security slot; and a pivoting hinge support for fixed to the earpiece, the hinge support having a hinge post configured so as to be inserted into the hinge receiver and a security ledge configured to be received in and engaged with the security slot as the hinge support pivots the earpiece between a closed position relative to the lens frame, and an open position; wherein the security ledge disengages the security slot when the hinge support is pivoted to a removal position, the removal position corresponds to a discontinuity in the security ledge such that the security ledge is no longer received in or engaged with the security slot, and wherein the discontinuity is configured such that the removal position is beyond the open position.