Patent ID: 7559644

Claim:
An eyeglass frame incorporating ornamented temple frame members comprising: (a) a front unit including a pair of coupled lens-holding elements; (b) first and second temple frame members each consisting of a frontal portion, a central portion and a distal rear portion, said central portion comprising inner and outer opposed surfaces and top and bottom opposed surfaces, a planar bracing flange being integral with and disposed between said frontal portion and said central portion and extending beyond the inner, outer, top and bottom surfaces of said central portion, and an earpiece secured to said central portion opposed to the bracing flange, said frontal portion of said first and second temple frame members being hingedly coupled to one of said lens-holding elements respectively; (c) an elongated, flexible ornamented trim member having first and second ends thereof spirally disposed about the central portion of each of said first and second temple frame members; (d) frontal trim receiving means secured to the central portion of each of said temple frame members adjacent the bracing flange for securing the first end of said ornamented trim member; (e) rear trim receiving means secured to the central portion of each of said temple frame members adjacent the interface between said central portion and the earpiece for securing the second end of said ornamented trim member; and (f) first and second trim positioning means coupled to the ornamented trim member at the first and second ends thereof, respectively, for coupling said first and second ends of said ornamented trim members to the frontal trim receiving means and said rear trim receiving means.