Patent ID: 7267434

Claim:
An eyeglass assembly comprising: an eyeglass frame having lens receptacles; and a rib coupled to the eyeglass frame and including a brow portion, the brow portion having side portions extending above the lens receptacles and the rib having extensions coupled to the brow portion and extending downwardly along both sides of a wearer's nose, each side portion and each extension terminating at an endpoint, the rib having a pliable coating on at least some of its surface, wherein the rib is affixed to the eyeglass frame by at least one fastener and a plurality of attachment means, the fastener being separate from the rib and the eyeglass frame and passing through an aperture of one of the rib and the eyeglass frame and secured to another one of the rib and the eyeglass frame, and the plurality of attachment means being integral to the rib and the eyeglass frame and comprising a plurality of tabs extending from the eyeglass frame and for each tab extending from the eyeglass frame a corresponding tab receptacle in the rib.