US 7,320,514 B2 | ||
Auxiliary eyewear assembly with micromagnetic attachment | ||
Greg Smith, Plano, Tex. (US) | ||
Assigned to E'lite Optik U.S. L.P., Carrolton, Tex. (US) | ||
Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/273,133. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/627451, filed on Nov. 12, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0126007 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. G02C 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 351—47 [351/57] | 15 Claims |
1. An eyewear system comprising:
a primary frame adapted to support a pair of primary lenses in fixed relationship, the primary frame made of magnetically
attractable material;
an auxiliary frame adapted to support a pair of auxiliary lenses in fixed relationship, the auxiliary frame comprising a front
and a back;
a plurality of slots located in the back of the auxiliary frame;
a plurality of micromagnets located in the slots; and,
at least two micromagnets being positioned in an end-to-end relationship with their common poles adjacent to one another.
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