US Patent Issued to Snap on March 25 for "Hyperextending hinge having FPC service loops for eyewear" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,595, issued on March 25, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Hyperextending hinge having FPC service loops for eyewear" was invented by Michael Ryner (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Stephen Steger (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear having a frame, a hinge, and a hyperextendable temple having a flexible printed circuit (FPC) including service loops. An extender is coupled to the hinge and the temple, and the extender extends with respect to the hinge allowing hyperextension of the temple with respect to the frame. A first service loop allows extension of the FPC when the temple rotates about the hinge, and ...