ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,666, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LUXOTTICA S.R.L. (Agordo, Italy).
"Folding eyeglasses" was invented by Moreno Dal Pont (Belluno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Folding eyeglasses include a front which supports a pair of lenses and a pair of temples hinged to the front, each one of the temples has a proximal portion and a distal portion which are mutually hinged by a hinge. The hinge includes a multi jointed central body configured to allow a first 90deg rotation of the distal portion of the temple and a further 90deg rotation of the multi jointed central body with respect to the proximal portion of the temple, in order ...