ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,806, issued on July 29, was assigned to MYKITA STUDIO GMBH (Berlin).
"Spectacles joint" was invented by Martin Guentert (Berlin), Ina-Marie Kater (Berlin), Moritz Krueger (Berlin), Norbert Meier (Rathenow, Germany) and Michael Tuerr (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a screwless, resilient spectacle joint.Spectacle frame joint, the joint consisting of a front part, a temple part and a compression spring element, the front part consisting of a cuboid opened towards the front, along one side and on the inside, and inwardly directed axes of rotation are arranged on the mutually opposite inner sides o...