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Soft pad bridge of spectacles

Assignee: GAZELL Corp
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Filing: 1996-09-18
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Granted: 1997-09-23
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Expires: 2016-09-18
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention provides a soft pad bridge of spectacles, which is essentially divided into an upper and a lower portions as a jogged clamp and a nose saddle. The pad bridge sticks to the bridge of the spectacle frame from the rear end, the nose saddle secured to the bottom end of the bridge of the spectacle frame with a channel preset in the middle section of the nose saddle, and locks in the bridge of the spectacle frame with a snap fastener at the front end. On the other side, the jogged clamp catches the top end of the bridge of the spectacle frame with a bend clamp and secured in the V-shaped recess on the upper bridge of the spectacle frame, and fastened in the bridge with a snap fastener at front inner end. In this manner, the soft pad bridge is fastened on the spectacle frame securely.

Inventors

  • 👤 Chen Tsai Ming

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 06:21
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02C; G02C5/00; G02C5/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 101 words
A soft pad bridge of spectacles including two parts, as a nose saddle and a jogged clamp; wherein: said nose saddle having a channel crossing the middle section, a saddle concave surface extending from the inner bottom end, and a first snap fastener extended from the inner front wall of said channel and the improvements comprising; said jogged clamp having two arcs at respective sides, a bend clamp extending downward from the top of a spectacle frame to cover the upper portion of said spectacle frame, and a second snap fastener integrally formed on the inner end of said bend clamp.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 101 words
A soft pad bridge of spectacles including two parts, as a nose saddle and a jogged clamp; wherein: said nose saddle having a channel crossing the middle section, a saddle concave surface extending from the inner bottom end, and a first snap fastener extended from the inner front wall of said channel and the improvements comprising; said jogged clamp having two arcs at respective sides, a bend clamp extending downward from the top of a spectacle frame to cover the upper portion of said spectacle frame, and a second snap fastener integrally formed on the inner end of said bend clamp.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
A soft pad bridge of spectacles, as recited in claim 1, wherein said first and second snap fasteners each comprising a triangular pin at the front portion and a triangular curved lock head propping out from the rear end opposing said triangular pin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
A soft pad bridge of spectacles, as recited in claim 1, wherein said nose saddle having two nest ends along respective sides stretching from the top to the bottom ends for embedding into the space between a pair of back hooks at the bottom end of said spectacle frame.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4848893A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 2000-09-22 2001-03-24 2001-09-23 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2004-09-22 2005-03-24 2005-09-23 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2008-09-22 2009-03-24 2009-09-23 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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