ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,407, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Prohero Group Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple" was invented by Pen-Wei Chen (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple, which comprises a spectacle lens with a buckle hole on a side thereof, and a temple with a lens assembly element. A latching member is pivotally connected in a groove of the lens assembly element. When the spectacle lens and the temple are assembled, the side of the spectacle lens is correspondingly engaged with an embedded opening of the lens asse...