US 12,001,084 B2
Foldable eyeglasses and case
Gad Ponte, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Tadmor Shalon, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Thinoptics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/049,985
Filed by THINOPTICS, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029429
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/210222, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,156, filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0080748 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G02C 5/08 (2006.01); A45C 1/06 (2006.01); A45C 11/04 (2006.01); G02C 5/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/06 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 5/08 (2013.01) [A45C 1/06 (2013.01); A45C 11/04 (2013.01); G02C 5/006 (2013.01); G02C 5/06 (2013.01); A45C 2001/065 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eyewear system comprising eyeglasses and a case,
the eyeglasses comprising a first lens, a second lens, and a bendable bridge disposed between the first lens and second lens, the bendable bridge comprising a spring providing a spring force when the bridge is bent from a rest position,
the eyeglasses being adapted to move from a wearable configuration in which the bendable bridge is in a rest position and the first lens and second lens are in a first state, not moved towards one another to a stored configuration in which the first and second lenses are moved towards one another, the bendable bridge being bent from its rest position in the stored configuration,
the case comprising a door and an opening through which the eyeglasses pass during insertion and guides sized and configured with respect to the eyeglasses to engage and move the first lens towards the second lens against spring force of the bridge to the stored configuration during insertion of the eyeglasses and closing of the door, wherein the case comprises a thickness of less than about 5 mm and a length of less than about 90 mm, wherein the guides comprise a first guide having a first bearing surface adapted to engage a first side of the eyeglasses and a second guide having a second bearing surface adapted to engage a second side of the eyeglasses opposite to the first side during insertion of the eyeglasses into the case and closing the door, wherein the second bearing surface comprises an inner surface of the door.