Eyewear for releasably receiving a lens has a joint sleeve for holding the lens in place.

A method produces a spectacle arm that has an arm body (1) made of plastics material and a metal support inlay (3), in which method the arm body (1) is manufactured additively with a receiving recess for the support inlay (3) and then the support inlay (3) is introduced into the receiving recess of the arm body (1). The arm body (1) is manufactured additively with a longitudinal groove (2) as the receiving recess, which extends at least along a portion of the arm body, and the longitudinal groove (2) with the introduced support inlay (3) is injected with plastics material.

A method of eyewear manufacture including: adhering frame material onto a surface of a corrective lens, the frame material extending along at least 10% of an edge circumference of the lens; and attaching the lens to a second lens.

Process for making a temple for an eyeglass frame, which comprises: a step of arranging an elongated body made of plastic material; a first heating step, in which the elongated body is heated up to its softening temperature; a step of housing the elongated body in a shaped concavity of a mold; a second step of heating a metallic core; a step of inserting the metallic core in the elongated body. In addition, the housing step is preceded by a step of positioning an ornamental element in a seat provided within the shaped concavity of the mold, in which the ornamental element is retained by means of shape coupling,

The present disclosure relates to a novel eyewear system and a method to configure the same. An eyewear system consistent with the present disclosure comprises an eyewear frame and a lens casing attached thereto. The eyewear system comprises a set of insertable lenses fitted between said eyewear frame and said lens casing. The lens casing comprises a pliable material to receive the set of insertable lenses. Further, the present disclosure provides a method for a consumer to design and order a pair of eyewear using an online system. The method may include prompting a user to choose from a plurality of unique frame options. Based on the user's selection of the frame, display to the user a plurality of lens casing options. In addition, based on the user's selection of the lens casing options, associate the selected frame and the selected lens casing with a customer order.

A skin contact pad for eyeglass frames that helps increase the friction between the skin and the eyeglasses. The skin contact pad has a body with a face surface that touches the skin of a person wearing the eyeglasses. Concavities are formed on the skin contact pad. Each of the concavities has a concave surface defined within an encompassing base. The encompassing base of each concavity is independent and complete. As the concavities move across skin, the skin bulges slightly into the concavities. As the skin moves under the concavities, the bulges move and a slight suction is created within the concavities that bias the skin contact pad toward the skin. The bias that is created helps hold the eyeglasses in place on the head of a user.

The present invention provides a screwless eyeglass frame, comprising a rim support, a temple support and a a pivoting clip. The rim support comprises a first end face and an engagement slot recessed inwardly from the first end face. The temple support comprises a second end face, two extending walls extended outwardly from two corresponding sides of the second end face, respectively, and a shaft rod provided between the two extending walls. The pivoting clip comprises a C-shaped buckle with appropriate resilience, two connecting legs connected with two ends of the C-shaped buckle, respectively, and an opening located between the two connecting legs. In this case, the C-shaped buckle is allowed for pivotally connecting to the shaft rod. The two connecting legs are tenoned into the engagement slot, and the temple support is capable of rotating with respect to the rim support around the shaft rod and the C-shaped buckle.

An eyewear frame assembly includes a frame having a rim for securing a lens. The frame further has a first segment and a second segment. At least one of the first segment and the second segment is movable relative to the other of the first segment and the second segment so as to allow insertion within or removal of the lens from the rim. The frame assembly also includes a projection that extends circumferentially from the first segment. The projection and the second segment are configured to be releasably secured to another, thereby securing the lens within the rim.

A manufacturing process and the semi-finished product of thermoplastic material obtained therefrom, for obtaining products with aesthetic patterns which can be perceived in semitransparency also in depth is disclosed. The process includes: (i) producing at least two initial elements of thermoplastic material with even but different aesthetic patterns, having a different concentration of the dominating coloring, at least the dominating coloring being of the bleeding type in the specific thermoplastic material; (ii) shaping the two initial elements into strips or loaves being of a submultiple width, not below ⅕ of a characteristic dimension of the desired finished product; (iii) inserting at least two of the strips or loaves having different concentration of the dominating coloring, into a workform, arranging them side by side according to a direction of side-by-side arrangement; and (iv) undergoing pressure and heat to allow the melting and hardening of the thermoplastic material into a single body.

Eyewear is configured to use pairs of polarized lenses, with one pair held stationary within an eyeglass frame, and the remaining pair disposed adjacent with the fixed pair and permitted to rotate under the control of the wearer. A novel mechanism is included within the eyewear for the wearer to use in rotating the movable lenses with respect to the fixed lenses. In particular, a flexible member is included to surround a majority of each rotatable lens, with the flexible member riding within a channel formed in the frame. A lever, or other type of hand control fixture, is attached to the flexible member. The wearer may than move the lever back and forth, which imparts a linear motion to the flexible member. The linear motion of the flexible member is translated into a rotational movement of the attached lenses, thus creating a wearer-adjustable tint.