EYEWEAR HAVING SELF-CONTAINED ADJUSTABLE TEMPLE-SUPPORT MECHANISM

摘要

Eyewear (10') includes a frame (12) equipped with an adjustable temple-support mechanism (50) to displace the weight and pressure of the frame from the bridge of the wearer's nose to the temples of the wearer's head. Preferred embodiments of the temple-support mechanism include two inflatable bladders (52) installed by adhesive in the temple areas of eyeglass temples located at either side of the frame front (14). The inflatable bladders adjust to the anatomical shape of the wearer's temples and seat the frame to hold it in place against the temples of the wearer's head. Squeeze-bulb pumps (56) and the inflatable bladders are connected through a fluid flow channel (82). The squeeze-bulb pumps allow the wearer to inflate the inflatable bladders located at the temples of the wearer to adjust for positional stability and wearer comfort. Release valves (80) operatively connected to the inflatable bladders enable the wearer to deflate them.