Patent ID: 6024445
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
An improved attachment means for attaching the temple hinges and bridge directly to the lenses of eye glasses comprising:two cylindrical apertures through each of said lenses;a cylindrical bushing having a tapered bore therethrough formed from resilient material for insertion into each of said cylindrical apertures through said lens;said bridge and temple hinge formed with their distal ends being tapered substantially conforming to the tapered bore through said bushing and having at least one locking rib along the surface thereof, said at least one locking rib having an angled slope on one surface and a right angled surface opposite thereto, said distal ends being easily insertable, slope first, into said bushing and resistive to removal therefrom, when said distal ends of said bridge and temple hinge are inserted within said tapered bore of said bushing installed in said lens aperture thereby establishing a frictional locking attachment of the temple hinge ends and bushing within said aperture occurs.