Combination eyeglass frame and hearing aid unit

Claim 1

COMBINATION EYEGLASSES AND HEARING AID, COMPRISING A FRAME PART HAVING A PAIR OF TEMPLES PIVOTALLY CONNECTED THERETO AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, HEARING AID COMPONENTS DISPOSED IN SAID TEMPLES, SAID COMPONENTS COMPRISING A MICROPHONE IN ONE TEMPLE AND A RECEIVER IN THE OTHER TEMPLE, AND ELECTRONIC AMPLIFYING MEANS IN SAID TEMPLES, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FRAME PART FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING IN CIRCUIT SAID HEARING AID COMPONENTS IN SAID TEMPLES, AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID HEARING AID COMPONENTS OF EACH OF SAID TEMPLES IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID CONDUCTING MEANS FOR PUTTING THE AMPLIFYING MEANS IN CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID HEARING AID COMPONENTS ONLY BY MOVING THE TEMPLES AND THE FRAME PART INTO POSITION FOR WEARING ONE OF SAID TEMPLES HAVING A RECESS DISPOSED THEREIN FOR THE RECEPTION OF A BATTERY CONSTITUTING THE POWER SUPPLY FOR THE HEARING AID, AND MEANS PROVIDING FOR THE READY REMOVABILITY OF SAID BATTERY FROM SAID RECESS COMPRISING A COVER MEMBER SLIDABLY MOVABLE AT THE INNER FACE OF SAID ONE TEMPLE FROM A RECESS COVERED DISPOSITION TO A RECESS UNCOVERED DISPOSITION, THE BATTERY BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID RECESS IN SAID UNCOVERED DISPOSITION OF SAID COVER MEMBER.