Adjustable temple for eyeglasses

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE TEMPLE FOR THE FRAME OF A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES, SAID TEMPLE COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATE GUIDEWAY FORMED THERIN, SAID FIRST MEMBER HAVING AN INNER AND AN OUTER END WITH MEANS CARRIED ADJACENT THE INNER END FOR HINGED ATTACHMENT OF SAID FIRST MEMBER TO THE EYEGLASS FRAME, A SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING AN EAR ENGAGING PORTION AND A SHANK PORTION, AND MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATE CLAMPING PLATE AND A THREADED ELEMENT, SAID CLAMPING PLATE BEING ATTACHED TO SAID FIRST MEMBER ADJACENT THE INNER END THEREOF AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OUTWARDLY ALONG SAID GUIDEWAY IS SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO ONE WALL OF SAID GUIDEWAY, SAID THREADED ELEMENT TRANSVERSING A PORTION OF SAID GUIDEWAY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID GUIDEWAY ONE WALL AND SAID CLAMPING PLATE AND EFFECTIVE TO FORCIBLY DRAW SAID CLAMPING PLATE TOWARDS SAID ONE WALL, SAID SECOND MEMBER SHANK PORTION BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE GUIDEWAY OF SAID FIRST MEMBER BETWEEN SAID GUIDEWAY WALL AND SAID CLAMPING PLATE FOR LONGITUDINAL SLIDING ADJUSTMENT THEREWITHIN WITHOUT THE REMOVAL OF SAID THREADED ELEMENT, AND SAID SHANK PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH AND INWARDLY OF THE PORTION OF SAID GUIDEWAY TRANSVERSED BY SAID THREADED ELEMENT TO PROVIDE CONTACT BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING PLATE AND SAID SHANK PORTION OVER AN EXTENDED LENGTH WHEN SAID PLATE IS DRAWN TOWARD SAID GUIDEWAY ONE WALL BY SAID THREADED ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID SHANK PORTION MAY BE CLAMPED IN THE DESIRED POSITION OF ADJUSTMENT WITHIN SAID GUIDEWAY.