Temple assembly for eyewear

摘要

An example embodiment includes eyewear. The eyewear includes a lens, a brow piece, and two temple assemblies. The brow piece is configured to secure the lens. The two temple assemblies are coupled to the brow piece by two hinges. Each temple assembly includes a temple substrate, a covered portion, and a metal insert. The covered portion is formed on the temple substrate. The metal insert is located within the temple substrate. The metal insert is configured to impose a spring load against a head of a user to secure the eyewear to the head.

主权项

1. Eyewear comprising:
a lens; a brow piece configured to position the lens in front of eyes of a user during use; and two temple assemblies coupled to the brow piece by two hinges, each of the temple assemblies configured to extend along a side of a head of the user during use, each of the temple assemblies including: a temple substrate; a covered portion included on a portion of the temple substrate, the covered portion configured to be positioned above an ear of the user during use; and an insert at least partially located within the temple substrate, the insert including an inward curvature configured to impose a spring load against the head of the user to at least partially secure the eyewear to the head of the user during use and, wherein the insert is configured to allow the temple substrate to rotate axially about at least a portion of the insert such that the temple substrate deforms relative to the insert and at least partially independently of the insert during use.