Patent ID: 6626533
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G02C,Y10T

Abstract:
A spectacle frame comprising at least one lens engaging frame member having end pieces projecting outside a peripheral edge of each of a pair of lenses and a pair of temple members each having an end piece pivotally connected with one of the end pieces of said frame member by a hinge assembly, said frame and temple members being made of metallic wire material, characterized in that the hinge assembly comprises relatively short, elongate first and second hinge members made of substantially the same metallic material as said wire material and each having a bore, wherein said bore in said first hinge member accommodates one of (1) said one of the end pieces of said frame member and (2) the end piece of one of said temple members, and said bore in said second hinge member accommodates the other of said one of (1) the end pieces of said frame member and (2) the end piece of one of said temple members with a firm frictional fit, said first and second hinge members being pivotally interconnected to confine relative rotational movability of the hinge members substantially to a planar movability about a single axis of rotation.