Eyeglasses with Topside Removable Lenses and Frames

Abstract

Eyeglasses with a removable upper section are disclosed. The upper section is pre-attached to the lenses, such that the upper section of the eyeglasses is lowered, each with a respective lens, into a lower section of the eyeglasses. The upper section and lower section then form a continuous front face of the eyeglasses and are held together by connectors, such as magnets at extreme left and right sides of the upper sections to magnets within a cutout of the lower section adapted to fit the upper section there-within. This creates, at least a continuous top side and front side of the eyeglasses with lenses between the upper and lower portions thereof.

Claims

1. Eyeglasses with removable lenses comprising: a unitary lower section forming a left cavity having an upward-oriented opening, a right cavity having an upward-oriented opening, and a bridge with a center cavity opened downward; a left and right lens each held by a respective left and right upper section, said left upper section closing said opening of said left cavity and said right upper section closing said opening of said right cavity.

2. The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein to an outside of each said left cavity and said right cavity, said lower section further comprises, at a left side and a right side, a substantially vertical portion substantially at a right angle to an adjoining substantially horizontal portion.

3. The eyeglasses of claim 2, wherein said left upper section abuts both said left side vertical portion and said left side horizontal portion; and said right upper section abuts both said right side vertical portion and said right side horizontal portion; such that said left lens is held between said left upper portion and said lower section.

4. The eyeglasses of claim 3, wherein each said substantially vertical portion or each said substantially horizontal portion comprises a connector adapted to connect with a portion of one of said left upper section or said right upper section.

5. The eyeglasses of claim 4, wherein said connector is a magnet which magnetically holds one of said left upper portion or right upper portion by way of a magnet in one of said upper portions disposed on an extreme left or right side thereof.

6. The eyeglasses of claim 5, further comprising a magnet at an extreme end of each left side and right side of each said left upper section and said right upper section.

7. The eyeglasses of claim 6, wherein one said magnet of each said left upper section and said right upper section is magnetically attached to a magnet within said bridge.

8. The eyeglasses of claim 4, wherein said connector is a vertically extending male flange on a bottom side of said left upper section or said right upper section which engages with a portal extending through said adjoining horizontal portion.

9. The eyeglasses of claim 4, wherein said connector is a screw which passes through a portal which extends through from a top side to a bottom side of one of said left upper section or said right upper section.

10. The eyeglasses of claim 9, wherein a portal extends through said adjoining horizontal portion, and a second portal extends through another horizontal portion of said bridge of said eyeglasses.

11. Eyeglasses with removable lenses comprising: two upper portions which are mirror images of one another, a single unitary lower portion with a bridge section in the middle; two mirrored curvilinear sides, said curvilinear sides cut into at top edges thereof with a vertical portion and horizontal portion that meet at right angles with portions which are cut into by one of said two upper portions.

12. The eyeglasses of claim 11, wherein within said vertical portion is a magnetic connector magnetically holding an extreme left or right side of one of said two upper portions to said lower portion.

13. The eyeglasses of claim 11, wherein within said horizontal portion is a magnetic connector magnetically holding a lower side of one of said two upper portions to said lower portion.

14. The eyeglasses of claim 11, wherein within said bridge are two magnets each magnetically connected to one of said two upper portions at an extreme left or right side thereof said one of said two upper portions.

15. The eyeglasses of claim 11, wherein said horizontal portion comprises a portal.

16. The eyeglasses of claim 15, wherein at least one of said two upper portions comprises a portal and a screw extends through said portal of said one of said two upper portions and said portal of said horizontal portion.

17. The eyeglasses of claim 15, wherein at least one of said two upper portions comprises a downwardly extending flange which extends through said portal of said horizontal portion.

18. The eyeglasses of claim 17, wherein said at least one of said two upper portions comprises a second downwardly extending flange in parallel with said downwardly extending flange which is engaged with a portal within said bridge section.

19. The eyeglasses of claim 18, wherein said portal within said bridge section opens at a horizontally disposed section of said bridge which is at a top of a curvilinear section of said lower portion.

20. The eyeglasses of claim 11, wherein a curvilinear top side of said eyeglasses is formed across said two upper portions, said bridge region, and a top side of said lower portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view from a front of eyeglasses with a combination of lenses and upper regions/sections of frames removed from a lower region of the frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

[0015] FIG. 2 shows the perspective view of FIG. 1 with the combinations of lenses and upper regions of the frames inserted into the lower region of the frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

[0016] FIG. 3 shows an elevation view of a front of eyeglasses with downwardly extending flanges on either side of an upper region of a frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

[0017] FIG. 4 shows an elevation view of a front of eyeglasses with screws which extend through portals of either side of an upper region of a frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology.

[0018] FIG. 5 shows a closeup of an uppermost section of the lower portion of the frame of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE DISCLOSED TECHNOLOGY

[0019] Eyeglasses with a removable upper section are disclosed. The upper section is pre-attached to the lenses, such that the upper section of the eyeglasses is lowered, each with a respective lens, into a lower section of the eyeglasses. The upper section and lower section then form a continuous front face of the eyeglasses and are held together by connectors, such as magnets at extreme left and right sides of the upper sections to magnets within a cutout of the lower section adapted to fit the upper section there-within. This creates, at least a continuous top side and front side of the eyeglasses with lenses between the upper and lower portions thereof.

[0020] Embodiments of the disclosed technology will become clearer in view of the following description of the figures.

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view from the front of eyeglasses with a combination of lenses and upper regions of frames removed from a lower region of the frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology. Here, the lower section 10 of the frame is formed of unitary and/or one-piece construction. A front side of the lower section 10 is generally or is flat in embodiments of the disclosed technology. A bridge section 12 is formed between two cavities, the two cavities opening upwards where lenses 20 are placed there-in. The bridge has an inner side 17 which is adapted to rest against a nose of a wearer and an outer side 16 which faces towards, or is adjacent to a lens 20. The bridge section further has a top side 15. At an extreme left and right side of the lower section 10 of the frame are regions 14 which curve from a flat front side, in some embodiments, to join with arms 18 worn over the ear.

[0022] A cutout region 40 is cut from the otherwise curvilinear and continuous lower section 10 of the eyeglasses. This cut is abrupt (see definition in the “summary”) and the otherwise curvilinear nature of the lower section 10 ends at a horizontal and a vertical section of the lower piece, the “missing” material from what would expect if the section 14 of the lower section 10 continued without an abrupt change in angle or cut out, being filled in by the top section 22 of the eyeglasses (see FIG. 2). Magnets 42 on either side of the bridge (left and right sides) engage or are engageable with respective right and left sides of the upper region 22 of the frames. That is, magnets 30 and 32 can be at extreme left and right sides of the removable upper portions or regions 22 which engage with magnets in the outer sections 14 of the lower portion 10 as well as on the bridge 12. These magnets hold the upper sections 22 to the lower section 10, with the lenses 20 there-between. The lenses 20 are fixedly attached to the respective upper portions 22, or are attached there-to before the lenses are placed within the cavities of the lower section 10, in some embodiments. Alternatively, the lenses 20 can be placed in the lower section 10 before the upper section(s) 22 are held to the lower section 10. A groove within the upper section 22 or lower section 10 can help frictionally hold the lens 20 in place between an upper section 22 and cavity of a lower section 22, such a cavity being open only along a portion which is traversed by an upper section 22. In this manner, when the upper section 22 is connected via it's magnets 30/32 to magnets 40/42 of the lower section 10, the lens 20 is surrounded by the lower and upper sections.

[0023] Skipping to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 shows a closeup of an upper most section of the lower portion of the frame of FIG. 1. Here, one can more clearly see a concave lip 11 for receiving an edge of a lens 20 there-within. A horizontal 43 portion of the cutout 40 has a magnet 48, in this embodiment or other connector. The vertical 41 portion of the cutout 40 has a magnet 46 within, or at the surface. The magnets can be beneath or at the surface, as long as they can exert magnetic force against a portion of an upper region 22 to magnetically hold the upper region there-to. The magnets can be other types of connectors in one or both of the horizontal 43 and vertical 41 portions of the connectors. The cutout 40 can further be described as a region which is missing from the lower section 10 of the eyeglasses which would be filled in if the horizontal section 43 continued upward to the top 19 of the vertical section 41 and if the vertical section 41 extended to cover the horizontal section 43 such that the entirety of the front side 13 were increased in length. It is this cutout which is then filled in by the upper section 22 of the eyeglass frame in embodiments of the disclosed technology.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows the perspective view of FIG. 1 with the combinations of lenses and upper regions of the frames inserted into the lower region of the frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology. Note that when the top sections 22 are connected to the bottom section 10, there is a continuous front face of the eyeglasses, excepting for a small (less than 2 mm) space where the different elements are abutted against one another. As such, the eye wear is complete with lenses 20 held within the frames and surrounded by the lower 10 and upper 22 regions of the frames, the upper regions being held by magnets 32/42 on the inside, and magnets 30/41 on the outside. Note also that the top sections 22 can be removed and replaced with other designs. Patterns, coloration, and even shape of the top sections can vary while using the same lenses and/or lower region 10 of the frame.

[0025] FIG. 3 shows an elevation view of a front of eyeglasses with downwardly extending flanges on either side of an upper region of a frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology. Here, downwardly extending flanges 54 extend from a bottom side of a top section 22 of the eyeglasses. These flanges engage with portals 64 within the horizontal sections of the lower portion 10 of the eyeglasses. By way of the flanges 54, the top section 22 can be held into the bottom section 10 by way of frictional engagement and/or gravity.

[0026] FIG. 4 shows an elevation view of a front of eyeglasses with screws which extend through portals on either side of an upper region of a frame, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology. Here, the screws 74 extend through portals 76 of the upper portion 22 and then into portals 84 of the horizontal portions of the lower section 10 of the eyeglasses. This can be instead of, or in addition to the use of magnets as connectors.

[0027] While the disclosed technology has been taught with specific reference to the above embodiments, a person having ordinary skill in the art will recognize that changes can be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and the scope of the disclosed technology. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. All changes that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope. Combinations of any of the methods, systems, and devices described hereinabove are also contemplated and within the scope of the disclosed technology.