Combination temple "no-drop" brake and screw guard

Claim 1

AN OPHTHALMIC FRAME COMPRISING A LENS MOUNTING RIM WHEREIN AN OPHTHALMIC LENS IS SECURED, A PLATE EXTENDING SIDEWARDLY FROM AND FIXED TO THE TEMPORAL PORTION OF SAID RIM, A DEMOUNTABLE BROWPIECE SECURED UPON SAID PLATE BY A SCREW EXTENDING THROUGH THE PLATE AND HAVING A HEAD THEREON SEATED AGAINST SAID PLATE, A TEMPLE HINGE HAVING A STATIONARY PART ANCHORED TO SAID PLATE ADJACENT TO SAID SCREW AND HAVING A PIVOTED PART FIXED TO A TEMPLE, THE PIVOTED PART BEING POSITIONED EXTERNALLY OF THE OUTER FACES OF THE STATIONARY PART AND HAVING A CIRCULAR PERIPHERY ON THE ENDS OF THE PIVOTED PART, A FRICTIONAL BRAKE MEMBER FORMED FROM FLAT SPRING MATERIAL AND SEATED AT ONE END AGAINST SAID PLATE AND AT THE OTHER END AGAINST THE HEAD OF SAID SCREW, THE MIDPORTION OF THE BRAKE MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING FITTED AROUND THE STATIONARY HINGE PART, WHEREBY SAID MEMBER IS HELD IN OPERATIVE POSITION, THE SIDES OF THE BRAKE MEMBER ADJACENT TO SAID OPENING BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID CIRCULAR PERIPHERY UNDER SPRING PRESSURE TO ACT AS A FRICTIONAL BRAKE AGAINST THE CIRCULARLY PERIPHERAL PART OF THE TEMPLE HINGE WHEREBY SAID MEMBER PRIMARILY ACTS AS A BRAKE AGAINST MOTION OF SAID TEMPLE AND SECONDARILY ACTS AS A GUARD TO PREVENT LOOSENING OF SAID SCREW MEMBER.