ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,754, issued on Nov. 3.

"Eyewear with multi-axis side arms" was invented by Peter Shanelaris (Meredith, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint for coupling a side arm to a frame of a pair of glasses. The joint includes a post, a plurality of prongs, and optionally a nut. The post is configured to be secured to one of the side arm or the frame and the plurality of prongs are configured to be secured to the other of the side arm or the frame. The post includes a shaft and an enlarged head at a distal end of the shaft. The plurality of prongs define a socket configured to receive at least a portion of the enlarged head of the post an...