Modular eyeglasses with interchangeable temples and facades

摘要

A modular eyewear with multiple interchangeable components includes: a) a central frame with two eyeglass supporting members, lens and a bridge member; b) lenses, c) at least two temple members, hingedly and removably connected to the central frame at opposite ends thereof; d) two temple quick release mechanisms; e) a lens-free facade member removably attached to the central frame. A user may wear the modular eyewear with or without the facade and with matching, non-matching or substitute temple members.

主权项

1. A modular eyewear with multiple interchangeable components, comprising:
a) a central frame having at least two eyeglass supporting members and a bridge member symmetrically positioned between and connecting said two eyeglass supporting members, said central frame having a front and a back and having peripheral sides, and frame ends having side portions extending backward from opposing lateral sides of the central frame, the side portion of each frame end having a facade attachment lock; b) an eyeglass located in each of said two eyeglass supporting members, said eyeglass being selected from the group consisting of non-prescription glass, prescription glass, non-prescription plastic, prescription plastic and combinations thereof; c) at least two temple members, hingedly and removably connected to said central frame at the frame ends, each temple member having an outer side surface; d) two quick release mechanisms connected to said frame at opposite ends thereof and each connected to one of said temple members, so as to permit quick release of each of at least a portion of said temple member for interchangeability with other mechanically similar, different temple members; e) a facade member removably attached to said central frame, having opposing lateral sides and façade ends extending backward from the opposing lateral sides of the façade member, the façade member covering at least a portion of said central frame, the façade ends covering at least a portion of and the frame ends and engaging the façade attachment lock at each frame end, each façade end having an outer side surface that is substantially coplanar with the outer side surface of the corresponding temple member, said facade presenting at least one alternative feature selected from color, shape, texture and reflectivity, said facade being lens-free, and said facade having facade attachment means for attachment to said frame; wherein a user may wear said modular eyewear with or without said facade and with matching, non-matching or substitute temple members.