ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,200, issued on March 11, was assigned to Sandra Kaufmann (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Eyeglasses" was invented by Sandra Kaufmann (Zurich, Switzerland), Monika Fink (Zurich, Switzerland) and Eric Hattler (Solothurn, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyeglass frame with an eyeglass front for receiving at least one eyeglass lens, and with a left and right temple, which are pivotably connected to the eyeglass front via a pivot joint connection for holding the eyeglass frame on the head of an eyeglass wearer, wherein the eyeglass front forms at least an upper frame section, wherein the temples can be pivoted relative to the eyegl...