Eyeglass frame

Claim 2

In an opthalmic mounting, the combination comprising an integral lens frame having therein a generally cylindrical recess open along one elemental side through an angle less than 180*, a temple member, a hinge piece extending from said temple member and having an end portion substantially in the shape of a cylindrical pivotally disposed in said recess, said recess is semicylindrical with an intermediate arcuate groove therein, said end of said hinge piece is provided with a slot, a washer is disposed in said slot and said groove, and a fastener extends through said end and said washer for securing said washer to said hinge piece.

Claim 3

The combination set forth in claim 1, comprising means for adjusting the angular position of said temple member relative to said hinge.

Claim 4

The combination set forth in claim 2, wherein said lens frame is provided with an arcuate recess, and said temple member has an arcuate end disposed in said recess only when said temple member is in an open usable position.

Claim 5

The combination set forth in claim 1, wherein said hinge piece has an elongated slot with an enlarged open portion intermediate the ends thereof, and a stud fixed to said temple member, said hinge being snap-fitted onto said stud member.

Claim 6

The combination set forth in claim 4, wherein said temple member is provided with an undercut shoulder under which one end of said hinge piece is positioned.

Claim 7

The combination set forth in claim 5, wherein said one end of said hinge piece and said undercut shoulder are serrated.

Claim 8

In an opthalmic mounting, the combination comprising a lens frame, a hinge piece hingedly attached to said frame near one end thereof, said hinge piece having a rearwaRdly extending portion, a temple member having an elongated recess in the inner side near the foreward end thereof, said rearwardly extending portion of said hinge piece being disposed in said recess, an undercut shoulder on said temple member defining the rear end of said recess, the rear end of said hinge piece extending under said shoulder, a fastener means extending through a hole in said hinge piece into said temple member for pivotably fastening said temple member to said hinge piece, and said recess being substantially wider than the rearwardly extending portion of said hinge piece to permit pivotable adjustment of said temple member relative to said hinge piece.

Claim 9

In an opthalmic mounting, the combination comprising a lens frame, a hinge piece hingedly attached to said frame near one end thereof, said hinge piece having a rearwaRdly extending portion, a temple member having an elongated recess in the inner side near the foreward end thereof, said rearwardly extending portion of said hinge piece being disposed in said recess, an undercut shoulder on said temple member defining the rear end of said recess, the rear end of said hinge piece extending under said shoulder, a fastener means extending through a hole in said hinge piece into said temple member for pivotably fastening said temple member to said hinge piece, and said recess being substantially wider than the rearwardly extending portion of said hinge piece to permit pivotable adjustment of said temple member relative to said hinge piece.

Claim 10

The combination according to claim 7 wherein said rear end of said recess is serrated beneath said shoulder and said rear end of said hinge piece coacts with said serrations to hold said hinge piece in an adjusted position relative to said temple member.

Claim 11

The combination according to claim 8 wherein said rear end of said hinge piece is pointed.

Claim 12

The combination according to claim 7 wherein said rearwardly extending portion of said hinge piece is flat and has a thickness no greater than the depth of said recess.

Claim 13

The combination according to claim 7 wherein said frame has a rearwardly facing recess defined by a frusto-conical wall section, and the foreward end of said temple member is a frusto-conical section and is disposed in said recess when said temple member is in a fully open position, said frusto-conical sections being substantially complementary.

Claim 14

The combination according to claim 11 wherein the outer edge portion of said frame and the outer side of said temple member are flush when said temple member is in the fully open position.