Patent ID: 9116364
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
1. An eyewear article, comprising: a temple piece extending rearwardly from a front of an eyewear article having a flexing portion having a maximum height (H) in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane, the mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear article into imaginary left and right halves; wherein the flexing portion comprises first and second longitudinally disposed ribs and the flexing portion exhibits an area moment of inertia at a particular cross-sectional location, and wherein the area moment of inertia of the flexing portion at the particular cross-sectional location changes as the temple piece is deflected, and wherein the flexing portion further comprises third and fourth longitudinally disposed ribs, and when the temple piece is in an unflexed state the third rib is angularly disposed with respect to the fourth rib.