Eyeglasses with detachable lenses, sidebars, and adjustable earpieces

Non-prescription and or prescription glasses and or sunglasses having a single metal or plastic frame and a plurality of interchangeable, removable or replaceable lenses, temple side bars, temple ornaments, color beaded lenses and adjustable earpiece. Lenses of different colors and shapes are magnetically attached to the frame. Temple side bars and ornaments of different colors and shapes are snap-fitted to the frame.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a new concept in sunglasses which allows 
lenses and side bars to be easily changed and earpieces to be adjusted. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART 
Numerous prior patents have provided changeable parts for eyewear, such as 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,958,923 issued to A. S. Rosenson directed to removably 
affixing a decorating member to an eyeglass frame member, U.S. Pat. No. 
4,950,066 issued to J. Hartman directed to interchangeable, decorative 
elements for eyeglasses, U.S Pat. No. 4,798,455 issued to C. S. Yoe 
directed to separable eye frame and side bars of a variety of designs and 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,709,587 issued to M. I. Wick directed to a means for 
interchanging lenses of varying sizes and shapes. 
None of the above referenced patents, considered either singly or in 
combination, is seen to suggest the instant invention as claimed. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
Today, most people own a pair of sunglasses. Most of these sunglasses were 
purchased primarily as a fashion statement. If these sunglasses become 
lost, broken or out of style, the owner is forced to buy another pair of 
limited use and expensive sunglasses which will inevitably suffer the same 
fate as the first pair. One pair of sunglasses offers little variety to 
the wearer and are difficult to color coordinate with outfits. 
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide a pair of 
non-prescription and or prescription glasses and or sunglasses that will 
allow the buyer to wear many types of sunglasses while using a single base 
frame. 
A second object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
which have easily interchangeable lenses. 
A third object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
in which the lenses are magnetically attached to the frame. 
A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
which have easily interchangeable temple side bars. 
A fifth object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
in which various side bars and or decorative ornaments are snap-fitted to 
the temple piece of the frame. 
A sixth object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
lenses of different shapes and shades as well as lenses that are a 
different shape than the frame rims. 
A seventh object is to provide a pair of sunglasses equipped with non 
detachable and adjustable earpieces so one frame size fits all wearers. 
A final object of the present invention is to provide a pair of sunglasses 
which can change along with fashion, styles, can be color coordinated with 
clothing and can adapt to the different needs of the user depending on the 
time or location of use. 
These and other objects of the present invention will become readily 
apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring to the drawings, and particularly to FIGS. 1-5 thereof, there is 
shown a pair of sunglasses generally indicated by reference numeral 20. 
The sunglasses 20 comprise a frame member which includes two circular 
eyepieces 2 pivotally and permanently connected to two frame temple pieces 
4. The frame members may be metal or plastic or both. Two soft rubber or 
plastic, adjustable earpieces 10 are attached to the two frame temple 
pieces. The earpieces include a flexible clip 28 which fits into and 
cooperates with detentes 30 in the temple side pieces 4. Such cooperation 
provides for longitudinal adjustment of the earpieces 10 along the temple 
side piece 4 as illustrated in FIG. 9. The sunglasses 20 also include two 
removable lenses 6. These lenses may be glass or plastic. 
When the frame rim member is made of metal, the lens 6 is attached to a 
circular eyepiece 2 by means of magnets or a series of magnetic inserts 12 
epoxied into and or around the circumference of the lens itself. The 
magnet 12 will easily attach the lens 6 to the metal eyepiece as clearly 
shown in FIG. 4. 
If the frame and eyepiece 2 are made of plastic, as shown in FIG. 5, the 
eyepiece 2 will include a metal insert 14 to cooperate with magnet 12 
embedded in lens 6. The lenses may be of various colors and shades. 
Additionally, the lenses may include a plastic or rubber color bead 18 as 
shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The bead is glued or engraved to the outer front 
surface and around the perimeter of lens 6. Note that the beads may vary 
in design and color. 
The temple side bars and ornaments 8 which are made of rubber or plastic 
snap or slip on and off of the frame temple pieces 4 in the manners 
clearly illustrated in FIG. 3. The temple side bars and ornaments 8 may 
also be of various sizes, colors and designs as shown in FIG. 8. 
Referring now to FIG. 6 and 7, there is shown a lens 16 having a different 
shape from the circular frame eyepiece 2. The lenses 16 include studs 17 
on the back side thereof, and are attached to frame eyepiece 2 by magnets 
12 in a manner similar to the lens 6. The studs are meant to stabilize the 
lenses to the frames. 
The present invention makes it easy to change the appearance of sunglasses 
in a relatively inexpensive manner. 
It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the 
sole embodiment described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments 
within the scope of the following claims.