U.S. patent application number 10/760419 was filed with the patent office on 2005-05-19 for soft pad structure of glasses.
Invention is credited to Lin, Kuo-Tseng.
Application Number | 20050105042 10/760419 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34390661 |
Filed Date | 2005-05-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050105042 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lin, Kuo-Tseng |
May 19, 2005 |
SOFT PAD STRUCTURE OF GLASSES
Abstract
The present invention discloses a soft pad structure of glasses
having a soft pad. The soft pad includes a fixing member of long
shape to wrap the edge of an upper portion of the eyeglass. The
fixing member forwarding the inner and outer sides of the eyeglass
extends down to form a lining pad and a decorative member to cover
the inner and outer surfaces of the eyeglass. The eyeglass and the
fixing member of the soft pad are embedded in an embedding trench
of the frame body to be form-integrated. The lining pad can be a
leaning pad for providing comfortable wearing experiences for users
and the decorative member can be coating in different colors to
enhance the appearance while wearing. In addition, the soft pad of
the present invention can be assembled rapidly and firmly without
any manual tools to improve the purpose of convenient combination
and easy repair.
Inventors: |
Lin, Kuo-Tseng; (Taipei,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
|
Family ID: |
34390661 |
Appl. No.: |
10/760419 |
Filed: |
January 21, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
351/136 ; 351/41;
351/62 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G02C 11/02 20130101;
G02C 1/04 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
351/136 ;
351/062; 351/041 |
International
Class: |
G02C 001/00; G02C
011/08; G02C 005/12 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 14, 2003 |
TW |
92220176 |
Claims
1. A soft pad structure of glasses, comprising: an eyeglass; at
least one soft pad including a fixing member to wrap the edge of an
upper portion of the eyeglass, said fixing member being forwarded
the inner side of the eyeglass extending down to form a lining pad
of long shape to cover the inner surface of the upper portion of
said eyeglass, and said fixing member being forwarded the outer
side of the eyeglass extending down to form a decorative member of
long shape to cover the outer surface of the upper portion of said
eyeglass; and at least one fixing frame detachably capturing said
soft pad against said eyeglass, said fixing frame having an
embedding trench, said eyeglass and said fixing member of said soft
pad being equipped in said embedding trench and assembled with said
fixing frame.
2. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 1, wherein the left
side and the right side of said fixing frame can further extend out
to form a frame body, and said eyeglass is embedded in said
embedding trench of said frame body, and a glasses arm is provided
on the left side and the right side of said frame body
respectively.
3. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 2, wherein a groove
is provided on the left and right sides of the eyeglass
respectively that can be embed with a protruding portion at the
left and right sides of said embedding trench of said frame
body.
4. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 1, wherein said
lining pad corresponding to the center position of said eyeglass
further extends down to form a connection member, and the
connection member forwards down and extends left and right to
respectively form a nose pad strip and form a nose pad of inverted
V shape.
5. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 4, wherein said nose
pad strip has an assemble member, and the center position of the
eyeglass corresponding to said assemble member has a joint member
for coordinating said assemble member to equip said nose pad onto
said eyeglass.
6. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 1, wherein at least
one fixing pillar is provided on the surface of the eyeglass, and a
fixing hole is provided on the position of said fixing frame
corresponding to said fixing pillar, and said fixing pillar can be
inserted into said fixing hole.
7. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 1, wherein said
decorative member, said fixing member and said lining pad are of ""
shape.
8. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 1, wherein the bottom
of said lining pad further extends out to form a first extending
pad, and said lining pad and said first extending pad are of "L"
shape.
9. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 8, wherein said first
extending pad further extends up to form a second extending pad,
and said lining pad, said first extending pad and said second
extending pad are of "" shape.
10. A soft pad structure of glasses, comprising: an eyeglass; at
least one soft pad including a fixing member of long shape to wrap
the edge of an upper portion of the eyeglass, said fixing member
being forwarded the inner side of the eyeglass extending down to
form a lining pad of long shape to cover the inner surface of the
upper portion of said eyeglass; and at least one fixing frame
detachably capturing said soft pad against said eyeglass, said
fixing frame having an embedding trench, said eyeglass and said
fixing member of said soft pad being equipped in said embedding
trench and assembled with said fixing frame.
11. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10, wherein the left
side and the right side of said fixing frame can further extend out
to form a frame body, and said eyeglass is embedded in said
embedding trench of said frame body, and a glasses arm is provided
on the left and right sides of the frame body respectively.
12. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 11, wherein a groove
is provided on the left side and right side of said eyeglass
respectively that can be embed with a protruding portion at the
left side and the right side of said embedding trench of said frame
body.
13. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10, wherein said
lining pad corresponding to the center position of the eyeglass
further extends down to form a connection member, and said
connection member forwards down and extends left and right to
respectively form a nose pad strip and form a nose pad of inverted
V shape.
14. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 13, wherein said
nose pad strip has a assemble member, and the center position of
the eyeglass corresponding to said assemble member has a joint
member for coordinating said assemble member to equip said nose pad
onto said eyeglass.
15. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10, wherein at least
one fixing pillar is provided on the surface of said eyeglass, a
fixing hole is provided on the position of said fixing frame
corresponding to the fixing pillar, and said fixing pillar can be
inserted into said fixing hole.
16. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10 wherein said
fixing member and said lining pad are of "" shape.
17. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10, wherein the
bottom of said lining pad further extends out to form a first
extending pad, and said lining pad and said first extending pad are
of L shape.
18. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 17, wherein said
first extending pad further extends up to form a second extending
pad, and said lining pad, said first extending pad and said second
extending pad are of "" shape.
19. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 10, wherein said
fixing member forwarding the outer side of said eyeglass further
extends down to form an oblong decorative member to cover the outer
surface of the upper portion of said eyeglass, and said decorative
member, said fixing member and said lining pad are of "" shape.
20. A soft pad structure of glasses comprising: an eyeglass; at
least one soft pad including a fixing member of long shape to wrap
the edge of an upper portion of said eyeglass, said fixing member
forwarding the outer side of said eyeglass extending down to form
an oblong decorative member to cover the outer surface of the upper
portion of said eyeglass; and at least one fixing frame detachably
capturing said soft pad against said eyeglass, said fixing frame
having an embedding trench, said eyeglass and said fixing member of
said soft pad being equipped in said embedding trench and assembled
with said fixing frame.
21. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 20, wherein the left
side and the right side of said fixing frame can further extend out
to form a frame body, and said eyeglass is embedded in said
embedding trench of said frame body, and a glasses arm is provided
on the left side and the right side of said frame body
respectively.
22. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 21, wherein a groove
is provided on the left side and the right side of said eyeglass
respectively that can be embed with a protruding portion at the
left side and the right side of said embedding trench of said frame
body.
23. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 20, wherein said
fixing member forwarding the inner side of said eyeglass further
extends down to form a lining pad of long shape to cover the inner
surface of the upper portion of said eyeglass, and said decorative
member, said fixing member and said lining pad are of "" shape.
24. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 23, wherein the
bottom of said lining pad further extends out to form a first
extending pad, and said lining pad and said first extending pad are
of "L" shape.
25. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 24, wherein said
first extending pad further extends up to form a second extending
pad, and said lining pad, said first extending pad said the second
extending pad are of "" shape.
26. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 23, wherein said
lining pad corresponding to the center of said eyeglass further
extends down to form a connection member, and said connection
member forwards down and extends left and right to respectively
form a nose pad strip and form a nose pad of inverted V shape.
27. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 26, wherein said
nose pad strip has a assemble member, and the center position of
said eyeglass corresponding to said assemble member has a joint
member for coordinating said assemble member to equip said nose pad
onto said eyeglass.
28. The soft pad structure of glasses of claim 20, wherein at least
one fixing pillar is provided on the surface of said eyeglass, and
a fixing hole is provided on the position of said fixing frame
corresponding to said fixing pillar, and said fixing pillar inserts
into said fixing hole.
Description
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a soft pad structure of glasses,
and more particularly, to a soft pad having a lining pad for
providing comfortable wearing experiences for users and can be
rapidly combined to a glass frame. The soft pad can be further
extended to form a decorative member to decorate the glasses.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] For coping the different requirements, the glasses are
developed and having various kinds of glasses nowadays, such as the
industrial safety glasses, the sunglasses, the sports glasses and
the sight corrective therapy glasses. When a user chooses a pair of
glasses, the most important key point is the comfort. There are
many reasons affect the wearing comfort, such as the material, the
weight and the size of the glass frame, and the installing angle,
the installing method and the material of the nose pad.
[0005] For improving the comfort while a user wears, a foamed
plastic is attached to the inner surface of the upper portion of
the eyeglass to form a lining pad. When a user wears the glasses,
user's face can close to the lining pad without directly contacting
the hard frame. This design can improve the comfort of wearing and
avoid imprinting the face after a long time wearing. In addition,
if the glasses are industrial safety glasses, this design can
prevent the face from directly crashing of the hard frame while the
glasses are crashed. However, as the conventional glasses utilize
the foamed plastic to be a leaning pad, the crash-resistance and
the comfort are bad and the leaning pad is unchangeable, so it is
inconvenient for repairing. Besides, an attachment process is
increased while manufacturing the glasses, so the efficiency will
be lowered and the cost will be increased.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
[0006] It is therefore a primary objective of the present invention
to provide a soft pad structure of glasses having a lining pad
extended from the inner surface of the upper portion of the
eyeglass to be a leaning pad for providing comfortable wearing
experiences for users.
[0007] It is therefore another objective of the present invention
to provide a soft pad structure of glasses having a decorative
member extended from the outer surface of the upper portion of the
eyeglass, and the decorative member can be coating in different
colors to enhance the appearance while wearing.
[0008] It is therefore a further objective of the present invention
to provide a soft pad structure of glasses that can be assembled
rapidly and firmly to improve the purpose of convenient combination
and easy repair.
[0009] It is therefore a further objective of the present invention
to provide a soft pad structure of glasses that extends out to form
a nose pad to support the glasses on the user's nose for providing
comfortable wearing experiences for users.
[0010] According to the present invention, a soft pad structure of
glasses comprises at least one fixing frame, an eyeglass and at
least one soft pad. The soft pad is equipped on the eyeglass and
includes a fixing member of long shape to wrap the edge of an upper
portion of the eyeglass. The fixing member forwarding the inner
side of the eyeglass extends down to form a lining pad, and the
lining pad covers the inner surface of the upper portion of the
eyeglass to be a leaning pad for providing comfortable wearing
experiences for users. The lining pad corresponding to the center
position of the eyeglass further extends down to form a connection
member, and the connection member forwarding down extends left and
right to respectively form a nose pad strip and form a nose pad of
inverted V shape. The nose pad is equipped on the eyeglass. In
addition, the fixing member forwarding the outer side of the
eyeglass extends down to form a decorative member, and the
decorative member can be coating in different colors to enhance the
appearance while wearing. The eyeglass and the fixing member of the
soft pad are embedded in an embedding trench of the fixing frame,
and are assembled with the fixing frame. The left side and the
right side of the fixing frame can be further extended out to form
a frame body.
[0011] These and other objectives of the present invention will no
doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after
reading the following detailed description of the preferred
embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a first preferred
embodiment according to the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1A for showing
assembly thereof.
[0014] FIG. 2A is a perspective view of a second preferred
embodiment according to the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2A for showing
assembly thereof.
[0016] FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a third preferred
embodiment according to the present invention.
[0017] FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3A for showing
assembly thereof.
[0018] FIG. 4A is a decomposed diagram of a fourth preferred
embodiment according to the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4A for showing
assembly thereof.
[0020] FIG. 5A is a decomposed diagram of a fifth preferred
embodiment according to the present invention.
[0021] FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 5A for showing
assembly thereof.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] Please refer to FIGS. 1A and 1B, which are the perspective
view of the first preferred embodiment according to the present
invention and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1A for showing
assembly thereof. As shown in figures, the present invention
includes an eyeglass 10 and a soft pad 20. The eyeglass 10 can be
form-integrated, and the soft pad 20 includes a fixing member 22 of
long shape. The fixing member 22 wraps the edge of an upper portion
of the eyeglass 10, and the fixing member 22 forwarding the inner
side of the eyeglass 10 extends down to form a lining pad 24 of
long shape to cover the inner surface of the upper portion of the
eyeglass 10. The fixing member 22 and the lining pad 24 are of
""shape such that the lining pad 24 can be a leaning pad for
wearing the glasses, and the material of the soft pad 20 is soft
and elastic material to improve the comfort for the user while
wearing the glasses. The eyeglass 10 and the fixing member 22 of
the soft pad 20 are embedded in an embedding trench 42 mounted on a
fixing frame 40. The soft pad 20 and the fixing frame 40 can be
assembled together easily and rapidly without any manual tools, and
the glasses arm 44 is provided on the left side and the right side
of the eyeglass 10 respectively for wearing.
[0023] In addition, in order to improve the firmness of the
eyeglass 10 installed on the fixing frame 40 and prevent the soft
pad 20 and the eyeglass 10 from falling, at least one fixing pillar
12 is provided in the surface of the eyeglass 10 and a fixing hole
46 is provided on the position of the fixing frame 40 corresponding
to the fixing pillar 12, so as to the fixing pillar 12 can be
inserted into the fixing hole 46 for jointing. A nose pad 13 is
provided on the center position of the inner surface of the
eyeglass 10. This glass with the nose pad 13 can provide
comfortable wearing experiences for users.
[0024] Please refer to FIGS. 2A and 2B, which are the perspective
view of a second preferred embodiment according to the present
invention and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2A for showing
assembly thereof. As shown in figures, in the first embodiment, the
lining pad 24 and the fixing frame 40 are not aligned flatly, so as
to an imprint will be easily formed on the user's face and lead to
uncomfortable experience while wearing glasses. In the second
embodiment, for providing more comfortable wearing experiences for
users, the bottom of the lining pad 24 further extends out to form
a first extending pad 26, and the lining pad 24 and the first
extending pad 26 are of an L shape to align or jut out the fixing
frame 40 for preventing the user's face from hurting by the edges
and corners of the fixing frame 40. In addition, in this present
invention, the left side and the right side of the fixing frame 40
can further extend out to form a frame body 50, and two grooves 14
are provided on the left side and the right side of the eyeglass
10, respectively. The eyeglass 10 is embedded in the embedding
trench 42 of the frame body 50, and the groove 14 can embed with a
protruding portion 48 at the left side and the right side of the
embedding trench 42 to strengthen the combination of the eyeglass
10 and the frame body 50. Besides, the glasses arm 44 is provided
on the left side and the right side of the frame body 50
respectively for the user wearing.
[0025] In addition, for improving the practicability of the soft
pad 20, the lining pad 24 corresponding to the center position of
the eyeglass 10 further extends down to form a connection member
30, and the connection member 30 forwards down and extends to the
left side and the right side respectively to form a nose pad strip
30 and form a nose pad 35 of an inverted V shape. Each nose pad
strip 32 has a assemble hole 36, and the center position of the
eyeglass 10 is of an inverted V shape. Two sides of the eyeglass 10
corresponding to the assemble hole 36 have a joint pillar 16 for
coordinating the assemble hole 36 to equip the nose pad 35 onto the
eyeglass 10. The joint pillar 16 of the nose pad strip 32 is
inserted into the assemble hole 36 to combine with the eyeglass 10.
However, the combination of the eyeglass 10 and the nose pad 35 can
also be others, such as that the joint member of the eyeglass 10 is
a hole and the assemble member of the nose pad strip 32 is a
pillar. The nose pad 35 and the soft pad 20 are form-integrated,
and are of soft and elastic material.
[0026] Please refer to FIGS. 3A and 3B together, which are the
perspective view of a third preferred embodiment according to the
present invention and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3A for
showing assembly thereof. As shown in figures, in this embodiment,
the first extending pad 26 of the soft pad 20 further extends up to
form a second extending pad 28 to wrap the inner edge of the fixing
frame 40 or the frame body 50. The lining pad 24, the first
extending pad 26 and the second extending pad 28 are of the ""
shape. This can strengthen the combination of the soft pad 20 and
the fixing frame 40 or the frame body 50, and the second extending
pad 28 will be closer to the user's face to provide comfortable
wearing experiences for users.
[0027] Please refer to FIGS. 4A and 4B together, which are the
perspective view of a fourth preferred embodiment according to the
present invention and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4A for
showing assembly thereof. As shown in figures, the difference
between this and above mentioned embodiments is that the fixing
member 22 forwards the outer side of the eyeglass 10 and extends
down to form an oblong decorative member 29 to cover the outer
surface of the upper portion of the eyeglass 10. The decorative
member 29, the fixing member 22 and the lining pad 24 are of a ""
shape, and the decorative member 29 can be designed in different
colors in accordance with colors of the fixing frame 40 or the
frame body 50 to enhance the appearance while wearing.
[0028] Please refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B together, which are the
perspective view of a further preferred embodiment according to the
present invention and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 5A for
showing assembly thereof. As shown in figures, the soft pad 20 can
be also divided into several segments to match the colors.
Relatively, the fixing frame 40 for fixing the soft pad 20 onto the
eyeglass 10 is also divided into several segments to improve the
practicability of the present invention.
[0029] In contrast to the prior art, in the present invention, the
fixing member 22 of the soft pad 20 can extend to form the lining
pad 24 and the decorative member 29. The lining pad 24 can be a
leaning pad while the user wearing the glasses to improve the
comfort, and the decorative member 29 can be designed in different
colors to enhance the appearance while wearing. The soft pad wraps
the upper edge of the eyeglass 10 with the fixing member 22, and
the eyeglass 10 is embedded in the embedding trench 42 of the
fixing frame 40 or the frame body 50 to assemble the soft pad 20
onto the fixing frame 40 or the frame body 50. The soft pad 20 can
be assembled rapidly without any tools that is conveniently
combined and easily repaired, and the lining pad 24 can extend down
to form the nose pad 35 in the inverted V shape to improve the
practicability of the soft pad 20.
[0030] Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous
modifications and alterations of the device may be made while
retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above
disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and
bounds of the appended claims.
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