Eyeglass assembly

Claim 1

In an eyeglass assembly adapted to be worn displaced from the nose of the wearer, and which includes a frame composed of light resilient material including a first lens-receiving portion and a second lens-receiving portion intercoupled by an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion serving as a bridge means for said first portion and said second portion; a pair of bows of a flat strip configuration and formed of a light resilient material hinged to the ends of respective ones of said first and second lens-receiving portions, each of said bows having a stepped configuration defining three distinct integral linear sections, a first of said sections extending essentially horizontally back to the temple of the wearer when the eyeglass assembly is in position, a second of said sections extending in an essentially vertical direction up from the end of said first section, and a third of said sections extending at an inclination down from the horizontal towards the top of the ears of the wearer, said first section of each of said bows being arcuately shaped towards the head of the wearer and including first and second portions which are adjustable longitudinally with respect to one another and said bows being resiliently biased by said frame against the sides of the head of the wearer, each of said bows having a further looped section integral with one end of said third section to extend around the ear of the wearer, with said first section of each of said bows having an end remote from said frame biased in against the temple of the wearer, and with the aforesaid second and third sections of each of said bows pressed into a firm flat engagement with the sides of the head of the wearer, so that the aforesaid frame is firmly supported in a cantilever manner before the eyes of the wearer with said intermediate portion out of contact with the nose of the wearer.